A good George III silver two-handled hot water / tea urn William Holmes, London 1784, no duty mark Urn form with bead rim, the sides bright and prick-dot engraved stylised husk bands with flower heads and further bead punched bands, engraved below with foliate swags over prick dot drapes hanging from roundels, the front with an engraved shield armorial within an oval cartouche, the ribbed spout with bead capping and angled pouring lip, with carved ivory tap, upright reeded loop handles either side with a leaf upper junction, the lift-off cover with slender waisted dome with artichoke finial, with engraved crest, the pedestal stem on a square base with ball feet to each corner, height 35.5cm, weight 37.7oz. Footnotes: Provenance: The Patrick and Mavis Walker Silver Collection This is the full armorial of the PEARD family of Devon. They are best identified as descendants of Oliver PEARD, who in 1575 is recorded in indexes as the Mayor of Barnstaple, Devon. The PEARD family were then a mercantile family moving shortly afterwards becoming merchants in Tiverton and then still later were distributed across much of Devon and Somerset. Notably a well-documented family branch at the time of assay (1784), were the descendants of John PEARD (born 1725) and his wife Ann PALMER (born 1725), whose son Giles PEARD (1753-1849) and his wife Ann COLE (1757-1837) were both born in Parkham and after their marriage in 1782 were of Alvington, Devon. The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). With non-transferable reference (WDSMP7VT) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing