:A GEORGE IV SILVER TEAPOT, JAMES MCKAY, EDINBURGH, 1821

with circular lid topped with laurel knob, bordered by decorative scrollwork, decorative foliage on the handle, gadrooned rim, similar decorative foliage designs and scrollwork on the spout, inscribed ' The King's Prize to the Royal Company of Archers, gained by Captain Robert Hay, R.N., 7th July, 1821',on one side of the body and engraved with full Royal Coat-of-Arms on the other, 27.5 cm, 640g including ivory insulators

Provenance

Thomson Roddick Callan, Antiques and Works of Art, 10 March 2022, lot 76

Captain Robert Hay is listed in (Marshall, 1833, p.434) as follows:

'Passed his examination in Mar. 1812; obtained a commission on the 13th Aug. following; and subsequently served under Captains John Ferris Devonshire and John Coode, in the Albion 74; of which ship he was first lieutenant at the battle of Algiers. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Sept. 16th, 1816. In May 1821, this officer won the prize given by the Edinburgh Royal Company of Archers, after a contest of three days in Hope Park. On the 14th June, 1822, he was appointed to the Delight sloop, fitting out for the Cape of Good Hope station; and on the 23d Feb. 1824, he perished, with all his officers and crew; owing to that vessel having been taken a-back in a heavy gust of wind, which sent her down stern-foremost, when about to enter Port Louis.'