MARK OF PETER VAN DYCK, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1725-40

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A FINE SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF PETER VAN DYCK, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1725-40
Baluster form, on slightly splayed circular foot, with faceted scroll spout, wood handle, the domed cover with baluster finial, the body engraved with a crest, the base engraved with E*L and scratch weight 21-16 and 21, marked near handle
7 ½ in. (18.8 cm.) high; 22 oz. (688 gr.) gross weight

Provenance

Almost certainly Elizabeth Loutit (1732-after 1750), to her great niece
Elizabeth Sproat Lenox (1785-1864), m. in 1814 Robert Maitland, by descent to Maitland Dwight (in 1937).

Literature

Mrs. Russel Hastings, "Peter van Dyck of New York, Goldsmith, 1684-1750 Part II," The Magazine Antiques, June 1937, fig. 22, p. 305

Exhibited

Museum of The City of New York, L3985

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Lot Essay

Three teapots of this typically New York form by Peter van Dyck are known. In addition to the present example, one teapot is engraved on base with contemporary intials IEL, and sold in these Rooms, 18 October 1986, lot 87. The third teapot, nearly identical, except for the sockets, is illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler and Graham Hood, American Silver: Garvan and Other Collections in the Yale University Art Gallery, 1970, no. 594, pp. 48-49.

The engraved crest is that of Maitland. The monogram on the base is probably that of Elizabeth Loutit (1732- after 1750), the great aunt of Elizabeth Sproat Lenox. Elizabeth Loutit's mother, Elizabeth van Dyck, was a first cousin, once removed of Peter van Dyck.

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