Lot Essay
A closely related pitcher by Isaac Hutton is illustrated in Rice and Halpin, op.cit., p. 431.
Details
A SILVER COVERED PITCHER
MAKER'S MARK OF BASSETT AND WARFORD, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1800-1805
Baluster, on spreading circular foot, raised on a square pedestal base, with scroll handle, the hinged high domed cover with ball finial, the front engraved with a crest and script initials GC, with a pierced interior strainer, marked--13 3/8in. high
(36 oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF BASSETT AND WARFORD, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1800-1805
Baluster, on spreading circular foot, raised on a square pedestal base, with scroll handle, the hinged high domed cover with ball finial, the front engraved with a crest and script initials GC, with a pierced interior strainer, marked--13 3/8in. high
(36 oz.)
Provenance
The crest is that of Clinton, and the initials are those of George Clinton (1739-1812) first Governor of the State of New York and Vice-President of the United States under ???????????????.
Literature
Norman S. Rice and James H. Halpin, "Joseph Warford, Silversmith of Albany and Salem, New York," Antiques, April 1964, fig. 4, pp. 429-431.
Norman S. Rice, ed., Albany Silver, 1652-1825, 1964, illus. p. 47.
Norman S. Rice, ed., Albany Silver, 1652-1825, 1964, illus. p. 47.