MARK OF JOHN HASTIER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1735

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A SILVER PEPPER BOX
MARK OF JOHN HASTIER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1735
Tapering cylindrical, the domed pierced cover with baluster finial, with leaf-capped scroll handle, the body engraved with mirror cypher within an elaborate foliate cartouche, the base later engraved A.L.T. and 3 oz. 8 dwt., marked twice under base
4 in. (10 cm.) high; 3 oz. (99 gr.)

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Lot Essay

This caster, with its large cypher, may well have served as the model for 20th century copies, which share the same engraving, weights, marks, and initials. These casters are in the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Bayou Bend Collection, Houston. For a discussion of the group see: Phillip M. Johnston, Catalogue of American Silver: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994, p. 68.

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