A George II silver hot water pot, by Paul Crespin, London 1752, slender baluster form, domed hinged cover with a scroll thumb-piece, scroll handle, the spout with an unmarked hinged cover, the body erased, on a raised oval foot, height 18.8cm, approx. weight 15oz. Provenance: Sold in these rooms, Silver and Collectors' items, 22 October 2013, lot 1248. Purchased from the Gowland Brothers Ltd, 48, Cornhill, London, on the 17th February 1955.