A Georgian Old Sheffield Plate teapot, circa 1790, the elegant neoclassical boat shaped pot with a serpentine spout, ebonised handle and domed lid with oval ivory finial, with contemporary otter crest to the body and motto, 'Initium Sapientiae est Timor Domini' (the beginning of wisdom is the fear of God), height 14.5 cm, width 37.5 cm