Description

A handsome antique sterling silver samovar of oval form with a wicker wrapped loop handle. The matching stand on four lion paw feet contains a double burner. Plain style with an expansive hand engraved armorial to the front for the Ramsden and Fullerton families. A charming feature is the little turned wood tap finial in the form of an acorn.

Total weight 2518 grams, 80.9 troy ounces.
Total height 41cm.
London 1810.
Maker John Edwards III.
Sterling silver.

Marks. Stamped to the underneath of the kettle, on the rim of the stand, and below the burner with a full set of English silver hallmarks.

Literature. Silver Tea Kettles date from Queen Anne times. These were made until the 1770’s when the tea urn took over the job of providing hot water. The kettle on stand was less common between 1770 and 1840 but in Victorian times it was reintroduced, probably because of the discovery of odourless spirit for the burners

Arms. The engraving is an achievement of marital arms: Ramsden impaling Fullerton. They celebrate the marriage in 1825 of George RAMSDEN (born 1796) of The Priory, Conisbrough, Yorkshire to Anna FULLERTON (1803-1837), daughter of John FULLERTON of Thryburgh Park, Yorkshire. George RAMSDEN was the son of Revd. John RAMSDEN (1763-1807), rector of Compton, Yorkshire by Frances Elizabeth COOKE (1771-1843) daughter of John COOKE of Heath Hall, Yorkshire. His grandfather Robert RAMSDEN (1708-1769) of Osberton, Nottinghamshire was the fifth son of William RAMSDEN (1672-1736), 2nd Baronet of Byrom, Yorkshire by Elizabeth LOWTHER daughter of John LOWTHER, 1st Viscount Lonsdale.