Lot Essay
This coffeepot is virtually identical, including the castings, to an example by Myers illustrated in Jeanette W. Rosenbaum, Myer Myers, Goldsmith, Philadelphia, 1954, plate 14, page 80.
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A FINE SILVER COFFEE POT
MAKER'S MARK OF MYER MYERS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1760
Of inverted pear form, with spreading circular foot with gadrooned border, with scroll spout and wood handle, the hinged double-domed cover with cast gadrooned rim, rising to a bud finial, marked on base--14 1/2in. high
(gross weight 41 oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF MYER MYERS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1760
Of inverted pear form, with spreading circular foot with gadrooned border, with scroll spout and wood handle, the hinged double-domed cover with cast gadrooned rim, rising to a bud finial, marked on base--14 1/2in. high
(gross weight 41 oz.)