Tea urn

Description

Ovoid, snake-handled silver tea-urn on three S-shaped legs with hoof feet, by James Ker, Edinburgh, 1735 - 1736, the body engraved with a crest and motto "Spero Meliora"

Museum reference

H.MEQ 1573

Object name

Tea urn

Production information

Ker, James, 1700 - 1768, Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1735 - 1736

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Archibald Ure, assay master

On display

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