A Regency silver hot water urn, Paul Storr, London, 1814

two-handled amphora form, partly gadrooned at bottom and with shaped fringe of gadroons at top, ribbon-bound laurel handles, the neck with band of shells and anthemia, acanthus rim, matching cover with pull-up bud finial, reeded spout with lion-mask terminal, ivory tap, on square base with winged lion-paw feet, interior pig compartment with cap, engraved at the front with arms, the cover with two crests.

Thomas Robert Hay-Drummond, 11th Earl of Kinnoull (1785-1866)
Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos
Christie's New York, On behalf of the Republic of the Philippines through the Presidential Commission on Good Government, January 10, 1991, lot 36

tap possibly unmarked, piece holding ivory may be a replacement; small ding to right side, rim of pig compartment uneven, otherwise good
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The arms are those of the Lyon-Office of Scotland, impaling those of Hay, as borne by Thomas Robert, 11th Earl of Kinnoull.  The Lord Lyon King of Arms is one of the Great Officers of State in Scotland, responsible for regulating heraldry in the country.  The 11th Earl succeeded his father in this position and as earl in 1804, and held it until his death in 1866.

The Earl also served as Grand Master of the Freemasons of Scotland, 1826-27, Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire, 1830-66.  After a fire damaged the family seat of Dupplin Castle, Perthshire, in 1827, he rebuilt the house between 1828 and 1832 at a cost of £30,000.  In 1824 he married Louisa Burton, second daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Rawley; she would be one of the Lady Patronesses of Almack's.  They had nine children.