Of cylindrical form upon a spreading circular foot, the tapering conical spout opposite an original C scroll handle pinned to tubular sockets, a pull off double domed lid surmounted by a detachable turned wooden knop finial. The side of body with conical hot water aperture tube with pull off unmarked cap with incised concentric lines. The side with contemporaneous engraved crest of a boar’s head couped within a ribbon tied wreath of May flowers. Fully marked underneath. Length -16.5 cm / 6.5 inches Height - 12.5 cm / 4.9 inches Weight – 300 grams / 9.65 oztProvenance:Collection of Frank Graham, who published Margaret A. V. Gill (1978) a hanbook of Newcastle silver Notes:The argyle, supposedly invented by the eponymous Duke, is a highly affective method of heating gravy via either a hot water jacket or heated iron pig to separate the pinguid contents from the desired sauce. Provincial examples are especially rare, with presently another Newcastle example not noted. An argyle is in the list of wares sent for assay by John Langlands I, another is mentioned for John Kirkup, and later for Ann Roberston (Gill 1980). A York example of 1790 was sold Woolley and Wallis, 26 Jan 2005, lot 815 (£5200 hammer), another York example of 1790 sold Bonham’s New Bond Street, lot 203 (£5280 incl. prem), and another 1791 sold Chorley’s, 15 May 2018, lot 677 (£3200 hammer).