A George II silver hot water jug, maker's mark Abraham Portal, London, 1759, baluster shaped with a hinged double domed cover and wrythen finial, having a beaded fluted spout and leaf cast and gadrooned body on a gadrooned foot, with shaped wooden handle. Height 27 cm, weight 859g. Provenance: lady Hannah Lloyd Jones, Rosemont, Woollahra. The collection of the late Count Patrick de Vienne and Countess de Vienne, Sydney