Small English Silver TEA POT

A round early Victorian English  silver smaller teapot.

The round body is chased with flowers and swirls – very much of the period.

There are shaped reserves for engraving

The pot has an insulated silver handle and the finial is worked in the form of a flower.

The silver makers: David and Charles Houle.  The original company was started by their father ,John Houle, London silversmith and son of John  London, chaser, apprenticed to William Rock within the Vintners Company in 1798, free 1807.

First mark entered in 1811 as plateworker, Clerkenwell, London. Second mark 1813. Livery of the Vintners in 1818 as silversmith. 3rd mark in partnership with his two sons, Daniel John Houle and Charles Houle in 1844.  This pot is the work of the sons

Fine condition.