MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1750, ALSO WITH FRENCH MARKS FOR BAYONNE, CIRCA 1710-15

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A FRENCH AND AMERICAN SILVER COFFEE JUG
MARK OF JACOB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1750, ALSO WITH FRENCH MARKS FOR BAYONNE, CIRCA 1710-15
Of flattened baluster form, on oval foot with gadrooned border, the body with reeded neck band, and harp-form handle, the flat cover with baluster-form finial; the outer foot and spout added by Hurd circa 1750, marked on neck with Kane mark B and under base with French marks
9 1/8 in. (22.9 cm.) high; 29 oz. (915 gr.)

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Sotheby's, New York, 16-18 January 1997, lot 96

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Lot Essay

Jacob Hurd adapted a French shaving jug into a coffee pot by adding a spout and widening the foot. See Hollis French, Jacob Hurd and His Sons, 1972, p. 77, pl. VXII for a coffee pot which uses the same cast spout.

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