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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.