Lot Essay
This teapot is thought to have been owned by Anna van Pelt of New York.
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A SILVER TEAPOT
MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, NEW YORK,CIRCA 1765
Inverted pyriform, on spreading circular foot, the side engraved with a script monogram HVP on a brickwork ground within a shaped circular rocaille cartouche, the shoulder engraved with a similar rocaille shoulder, the foliate scroll spout issuing from fluted scrolls, with foliate scroll wood handle, the hinged domed cover with bud finial, marked--10in. long
(gross weight 24 oz. 10 dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, NEW YORK,CIRCA 1765
Inverted pyriform, on spreading circular foot, the side engraved with a script monogram HVP on a brickwork ground within a shaped circular rocaille cartouche, the shoulder engraved with a similar rocaille shoulder, the foliate scroll spout issuing from fluted scrolls, with foliate scroll wood handle, the hinged domed cover with bud finial, marked--10in. long
(gross weight 24 oz. 10 dwt.)