Antique George III Sterling Silver Georgian Rococo Teapot London John Wakefield 1819 Decorative Arts the date "XXV" for 1925

the date "XXV" for 1925 and the model number "1358 E"

The clock has an eight day mechanism & strikes the hours on a mellow sounding bell

most of Sauerwein paintings are in very small formats

both tops are sumptuously inlaid with a central flowering urn with scrolling acanthus

it has just lovingly received a wax polish in Bloomsbury's professional workshops and has a warm mellow honey colored patina

Antique George III Sterling Silver Georgian Rococo Teapot London John Wakefield 1819 Decorative Arts the date "XXV" for 1925A fine and elegant antique Georgian Regency Rococo Sterling silver teapot, from the reign of King George III, by John Wakefield, London 1819. The teapot is lavishly and profusely decorated with floral repouss work, the hinged lid with a floral finial, the body of the teapot with scrolling floral designs and a zoomorphic spout with a creature's head for the mouth of the teapot. The teapot is raised on four cabriole legs terminating to scrolled claw