John Samuel Hunt, London, 1855, also marked Hunt & Roskell, Late Storr & Mortimer, 7894. Emblematic of their high presentational style, this large bulbous kettle is finely modeled in high-relief genre and landscape scenes, the hinged domed cover with figural finial of a man smoking a pipe, surrounded by a landscape scene, the handle with telemon and scroll detail, scroll and foliate terminals, foliate-capped griffin spout, with grotesque masque base and terminal, the openwork stand draping female masque and floral swags, the three caryatid legs, on ball-and-claw feet; 17 3/4 in. H, 116.3 ozt.

English silver is sterling standard. Burner is not original or sterling and is not included in the weight. Handle is loose at the insulators and joints. Without dents, splits or repairs