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A FINE AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN BREVOORT, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1740
Compressed pear form, on molded circular foot and with molded midband, the scroll spout octagonally facetted, the handles sockets also octagonally facetted and supporting a carved wood scroll handle, the domed cover with molded midband and surmounted by a tall baluster finial, the base engraved with block initials C*H and with scratch weight 21 oz.=9 pwt, marked on either side of upper handle join--7 1/2 in. high
(gross weight 22 oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN BREVOORT, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1740
Compressed pear form, on molded circular foot and with molded midband, the scroll spout octagonally facetted, the handles sockets also octagonally facetted and supporting a carved wood scroll handle, the domed cover with molded midband and surmounted by a tall baluster finial, the base engraved with block initials C*H and with scratch weight 21 oz.=9 pwt, marked on either side of upper handle join--7 1/2 in. high
(gross weight 22 oz.)
Provenance
Edward S. Whitney of New York and thence by descent
Anon sale, Sotheby's January 27, 1989, lot 926
Firestone & Parson, Boston
Anon sale, Sotheby's January 27, 1989, lot 926
Firestone & Parson, Boston