Louis Style Sterling Silver Teapot, Antique Victorian

A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot in the Louis style; an addition to the silver teaware collection.

This impressive antique Victorian sterling silver teapot has a baluster form in the Louis style.

The lower portion of the body is embellished with chased scroll, floral and leaf decoration on a trellis pattern background incorporating a scroll bordered shaped vacant cartouche to either side.

This Victorian teapot is fitted with a plain hinged hallmarked domed cover which retains the original fine and impressive hallmarked sterling silver finial realistically modelled in the form of an eagle.

The shaped rim of the cover is encircled with an applied scrolling border accented with stylised leaf motifs.

The impressive opposing scroll handle is ornamented with a large, chased decorated single leaf design which is incorporated into the shaped thumbpiece.

The upper and lower sockets of the handle are embellished with chased leaf decoration.

The fine and impressive swan necked spout is ornamented with scrolling decoration accented with leaf designs.

This antique Louis style teapot is supported on four scrolling bracket style feet embellished with chased stylised leaf and scroll decoration.

Dimensions

Height to top of finial 20.6cm/8.1"
Diameter of body 16.5cm/6.5"
Width from back of handle to tip of spout 25.2cm/9.9"

Weight

23 troy ounces/715g

Maker: Robert Harper
Origin: London, England
Date: 1866

Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.

Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this piece of Victorian silverware.

SKU: A2561