Lot 323
AN EARLY GEORGE III TEA POT
the inverted baluster body with chased and repousse-work flowers around the upper body, and a wrythen finial, by Simeon Coley*, London 1763; 6.3" (16 cms) high; 19.9 oz
*An interesting maker about whom not a great deal is known, but he is said to have lived at some time in North America and Jamaica. Born c.1725, Freeman of the Glover's Company in 1773 and first mark entered as a small worker in 1761 and second mark as buckle maker in 1763. His son Simeon (born 1752) married Frances Grigg and died January 1810, leaving £25,000 and both father & son were members of the Moravian Church. Hannah, daughter of Simeon senior married Thomas Northcote (Spoonmaker) and when Thomas died, Hannah entered her mark in continuance of the business. (Grimwade AG: London Goldsmiths & their Marks).
