A George III silver tea urn, by John Emes, London 1807, the circular urn with a waisted neck supp

A George III silver tea urn, by John Emes, London 1807, the circular urn with a waisted neck supported on four leaf capped paw supports, resting on a shaped square base on ball feet, the reeded spigot with an ivory handle, the detachable domed cover with a compressed ball finial, with gadroon borders and lion mask ring handles, engraved with coat of arms and crest, 37 cm high, approximately 140oz. The arms of SIBTHORP quartering WALDO impaling (?) SUTTON for a descendant of Col. HUMPHREY SIBTHORP, MP (1744-1815) of Canwick Hall, Lincolnshire. Colonel Sibthorp declined a baronetcy, but in 1804 assumed by Royal Warrant the additional name and arms of WALDO in grateful remembrance of an ancestor. The name Sibthorp is inextricably linked with plant science at Oxford University where an earlier Humphrey Sibthorp, who married Sarah Waldo, and their son John were both Professors of Botany.