Lot Essay
The inscriptions read:
Presented to THEOPHYLACT BACH ESQUIRE, by his Friends in Canada, in Testimony of their grateful Respect, and as a lasting Token of the very high Sense they entertain of his unwearied and gratuitous Attentions on every Occasion to them and their Concerns at NEW YORK.
Presented to THEOPHYLACT BACHE 1734-5 - 1807, his daughter MARY BACHE 1766-1807, her Son BACHE McEVERS 1798-1881, his Daughter JANE EMMET McEVERS 1826-1881, her Son BACHE McEVERS WHITLOCK 1852-1905, his Son BACHE McEVERS WHITLOCK
The arms are those of Bache.
The original owner of this tureen was Theophylact Bache (1734/5-1807), a successful New York merchant who emigrated from Yorkshire, England in 1751. Bache's firm traded chiefly with Newfoundland, presumably the home of the "Friends in Canada" who presented this tureen. Bache also acted as agent for transatlantic packets, which may have been the "concerns in New York" mentioned in the presentation inscription.
Bache was appointed a Royal Incorporator of the Marine Society in New York in 1770, President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1773, and President of the St. George's Society in 1796. He was a vestryman of Anglican Trinity Church for 40 years, and a Loyalist during the American Revolution. (Dictionary of American Biography, vol. I, pp. 464-465).
Presented to THEOPHYLACT BACH ESQUIRE, by his Friends in Canada, in Testimony of their grateful Respect, and as a lasting Token of the very high Sense they entertain of his unwearied and gratuitous Attentions on every Occasion to them and their Concerns at NEW YORK.
Presented to THEOPHYLACT BACHE 1734-5 - 1807, his daughter MARY BACHE 1766-1807, her Son BACHE McEVERS 1798-1881, his Daughter JANE EMMET McEVERS 1826-1881, her Son BACHE McEVERS WHITLOCK 1852-1905, his Son BACHE McEVERS WHITLOCK
The arms are those of Bache.
The original owner of this tureen was Theophylact Bache (1734/5-1807), a successful New York merchant who emigrated from Yorkshire, England in 1751. Bache's firm traded chiefly with Newfoundland, presumably the home of the "Friends in Canada" who presented this tureen. Bache also acted as agent for transatlantic packets, which may have been the "concerns in New York" mentioned in the presentation inscription.
Bache was appointed a Royal Incorporator of the Marine Society in New York in 1770, President of the Chamber of Commerce in 1773, and President of the St. George's Society in 1796. He was a vestryman of Anglican Trinity Church for 40 years, and a Loyalist during the American Revolution. (Dictionary of American Biography, vol. I, pp. 464-465).