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A SILVER TEAPOT
MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS SHIELDS, PHILADELPHIA, 1775-1794
Of drum form with moleded and beaded base, with wood handle and plain scroll spout, the removable cover with a beaded band within another similar band, surmounted by a pine cone finial with flaring leaves, the side engraved with a monogram AKL, the base engraved Abbott & Katherine Lawrence 1844, struck three times with maker's mark--5 1/8in. high
(gross weight 16oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF THOMAS SHIELDS, PHILADELPHIA, 1775-1794
Of drum form with moleded and beaded base, with wood handle and plain scroll spout, the removable cover with a beaded band within another similar band, surmounted by a pine cone finial with flaring leaves, the side engraved with a monogram AKL, the base engraved Abbott & Katherine Lawrence 1844, struck three times with maker's mark--5 1/8in. high
(gross weight 16oz.)