THE TEAPOT MCMULLIN & BLACK, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1811; THE SUGAR BOWL MARKED RIGGS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1819
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AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT AND OPEN SUGAR BOWL
The teapot McMullin & Black, Philadelphia, circa 1811; the sugar bowl marked Riggs, Philadelphia, circa 1819
The teapot of globular form on spreading circular foot with part fluted body, rising to a waist with applied band of repeating foliage, the hinged domed cover with part fluting and an acorn finial, with scrolling spout and wooden harp handle; the sugar bowl of oval form on four ball feet with leaf joins, part fluted with a gadroon border.
The teapot 11¼in. (28.4cm.) high; total weight 50oz. (2)
The teapot McMullin & Black, Philadelphia, circa 1811; the sugar bowl marked Riggs, Philadelphia, circa 1819
The teapot of globular form on spreading circular foot with part fluted body, rising to a waist with applied band of repeating foliage, the hinged domed cover with part fluting and an acorn finial, with scrolling spout and wooden harp handle; the sugar bowl of oval form on four ball feet with leaf joins, part fluted with a gadroon border.
The teapot 11¼in. (28.4cm.) high; total weight 50oz. (2)