Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Tea kettle, stand and lamp

Bullet shaped tea kettle, engraved on one side with the arms of Lyster (ermine, on a fess, three mullets), quartering Hughes of Moynes (a chevron between three fleur-de-lys), and another (three animals heads erased) in a lozenge within a cartouche of scrolls. The shoulder engraved with billets, scrolls, and masks around a flush-hinged cover with a beaded bun finial, all the engraving is worn, a plain collared spout and a large hinged bail handle encased in wicker. The stand rests on three scroll legs with hoof feet, supporting the frame into which the kettle fits, the spirit lamp fits below.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 51119

Creation/Production

Swift, John.
Date: 1729-1730

Acquisition

Purchase

Measurements

Height (cm): 22
Height (in): 8
Height (cm): 9
Height (in): 3
Length (cm): 22.9
Length (in): 9
Length (cm): 18.5
Length (in): 7
Width (cm): 16.5
Width (in): 6
Height (cm): 30.5
Height (in): 12
Weight (gr): 1510.8
Weight (troy): 48
volume:3 1/4 pts

Material

silver, sterling standard
wicker

Location

In store
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