Teapot - .925 silver - Sterling silver 925

Beautiful English teapot, London, 1854, made by silversmith George Fox, a famous silversmith and member of the Fox family, among the finest English silversmiths in London, specializing in tea and coffee services decorated with fine engravings; the piece bears four hallmarks on the base (lion passant, leopard’s head, Queen Victoria’s head, Gothic letter T, which, according to the silver hallmark reference book, indicate sterling silver 925, London, Queen Victoria, and the year 1854). Under the lid is the silversmith’s hallmark GF, standing for George Fox, of a renowned family of silversmiths active from 1861 until the end of the century.