Penrith Farmers' & Kidd's PLC
Lot 1
THE CORBY CASTLE COFFEE POT. A superb George II cast and chased silver 'Turky' coffee pot, hallmarked London, 1750, maker Thomas Whipham, of inverted balustroid form on a domed circular foot and with ogee-domed hinged cover, having all-over rococo chased decoration of floral scrollwork with a C-scroll bordered cartouche reserved to each side, engraved heraldically, one with the arms of the Dukes of Norfolk and the other with one of the Howard crests, a lion statant guardant under the motto 'SOLA VIRTUS INVICTA'; below the palmette-fluted lip a ram's mask and dolphin and below the upper handle socket a mask of Pan, the handle of carved ivory with acanthus purchase, the cover surmounted with a finial cast as another of the Duke's crests, a pair of wings issuant from a ducal coronet, 31cm, (12.2in) high, 50 ozs, (1555gm) all-in, together with, and made for it - A magnificent William IV cast silver stand by the celebrated maker Paul Storr, London, 1832, cast in the form of the Duke of Norfolk's winged crest as below, complete with spirit-heater by the same maker and of matching date, 12.5cm, (5in) high, 33ozs, (1026gms); overall height 35.5cm, (14in), combined weight 83 ozs (2581gm).
