A fine sterling silver Adams style pedestal teapot, 1911 Sheffield, with maker's marks for James Dixon & Sons, elegant and restrained, the tapering ovoid body with a convex collar and domed lid with pine cone finial, a timber 'C' scroll handle with an acanthus leaf embellishment and lion paterae, with tongue and dart border decoration; hallmarked to body, total weight 995gr. Height 17.5 cm. Width 28 cm