Lot Essay
A cream jug with similar engraving by John Tanner of Newport is inthe collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver, 1972, fig. 488, p. 559.
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MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM HOOKEY, NEWPORT, CIRCA 1760
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*A SILVER CREAM JUG
Maker's mark of William Hookey, Newport, circa 1760
Baluster, on circular molded foot, with scalloped rim and scroll handle with leaf-form grip, the front engraved with monogram TH in a cartouche, marked under base
4in. high; 4oz.
Hookey, William
Maker's mark of William Hookey, Newport, circa 1760
Baluster, on circular molded foot, with scalloped rim and scroll handle with leaf-form grip, the front engraved with monogram TH in a cartouche, marked under base
4in. high; 4oz.
Hookey, William