Antique Monumental Georgian Sterling Silver Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan Tea Urn London 1789 Paintings The plaque depicts the famous

The plaque depicts the famous "Two Cherubs" from Raphael's painting: "The Sistine Madonna"

The bronze stands majestically on the column

He was an admirer of the naturalism of the painter Jules Bastien-Lepage about whom he wrote in 1888 and 1892

The chest having a gently domed top with a hinged lid having the original 'snipe' hinges

Antique Monumental Georgian Sterling Silver Samuel Godbehere & Edward Wigan Tea Urn London 1789 Paintings The plaque depicts the famousA fine monumental antique 18th Georgian Neoclassical water tea urn, by Samuel Godbehere and Edward Wigan, London, 1789. A rare and important piece of investment quality silver, originally from the Clan Wedderburn, who were a prominent noble Scottish family from the lowlands borders. The urn is Neoclassical in style and dates to the reign of King George III, the tall lid with an urn shaped finial, the lid is finely engraved, with the Clan Wedderburn