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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A SILVER CREAM POT
MARK OF JOHN TANNER, NEWPORT, CIRCA 1750
Details
A SILVER CREAM POT
MARK OF JOHN TANNER, NEWPORT, CIRCA 1750
Baluster form on three scroll legs with trefid feet, the flat molded rim with curved spout, the scroll handle with acanthus grip, engraved with the monograms EB in block letters underneath and AL in script on the body, marked near rim to left of handle
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; 4 oz. (126 gr.)
MARK OF JOHN TANNER, NEWPORT, CIRCA 1750
Baluster form on three scroll legs with trefid feet, the flat molded rim with curved spout, the scroll handle with acanthus grip, engraved with the monograms EB in block letters underneath and AL in script on the body, marked near rim to left of handle
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; 4 oz. (126 gr.)
Provenance
The Cornelius Moore Collection: Early American Silver, sold
Sotheby's New York, 31 January 1986, lot 27
Sotheby's New York, 31 January 1986, lot 27
Literature
Alice H.R. Houck, American Silver 1670-1830: The Moore Collection at Providence College, 1980, illus. no. 35, pp. 58-59.
Exhibited
Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, Massachusetts, March 10, 1963, no. 36
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