A GEORGE II SILVER CHOCOLATE POT

MARK OF FRANCIS CRUMP, LONDON, 1743

Details

Tapering cylindrical on a moulded foot, the body chased overall with rocaille, scrolls, fruit and floral garlands, with bird's-neck spout and wood scroll handle, the cover with removable hinge-pin and surmounted by a bud finial hinged for a molinet, each side chased with a Rococo cartouche enclosing on one side an engraved coat-of-arms and on the other a crest with earl's coronet above, marked near rim shoulder, the cover and finial unmarked
11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm.) high
Gross weight 48 oz. (1,494 gr.)
The arms are those of Keppel, presumably for George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724-1772). He was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cumberland at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745, and the next year at Culloden. He married Anne, daughter of Sir John Miller Bt., in 1770.
Provenance

With Asprey and Company, London, 1998.
An American Collector; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2001, lot 347.