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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. E.J. NUSRALA
A FINE SILVER COFFEE POT
MARK OF WILLIAM HOLLINGSHEAD, PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1785
Details
A FINE SILVER COFFEE POT
MARK OF WILLIAM HOLLINGSHEAD, PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1785
Inverted pyriform, on a domed and molded circular foot with gadrooning, the scrolled spout with ruffled join, and a wood scroll handle, the double domed and hinged cover with gadrooned urn-form finial, the body engraved with the monogram LP within a rococo cartouche, marked three times on base, and with scratch weight 33-12
12½ in. high; 34 oz. gross weight
MARK OF WILLIAM HOLLINGSHEAD, PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1785
Inverted pyriform, on a domed and molded circular foot with gadrooning, the scrolled spout with ruffled join, and a wood scroll handle, the double domed and hinged cover with gadrooned urn-form finial, the body engraved with the monogram LP within a rococo cartouche, marked three times on base, and with scratch weight 33-12
12½ in. high; 34 oz. gross weight
Provenance
The Collection of Ella Parsons, American Art Association, New York catalogue #4262, 15 May 1936, lot 333
The Clapp & Graham Co., illustrated in Antiques (November 1936), p. 197
The Collection of May & Howard Joynt, sold Christie's, New York, 20 January 1990, lot 256
The Clapp & Graham Co., illustrated in Antiques (November 1936), p. 197
The Collection of May & Howard Joynt, sold Christie's, New York, 20 January 1990, lot 256
Literature
'Philadelphia Silver,' The Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, vol. LI, no. 249 (Spring 1956), cat. no. 128
David Conradsen, Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections, St. Louis Art Museum, 1999, cat. 42, p.p. 100-101
Patricia Kane, "Living with Antiques: A St. Louis Couple Collects," The Magazine Antiques (May 2002), p. 114, pl. V
David Conradsen, Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections, St. Louis Art Museum, 1999, cat. 42, p.p. 100-101
Patricia Kane, "Living with Antiques: A St. Louis Couple Collects," The Magazine Antiques (May 2002), p. 114, pl. V
Exhibited
Parke-Bernet, Art Treasures Exhibition, 16-30 June 1955, cat. no. 301
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Silver 1682-1800, April 14-May 27, 1956, cat. no. 128
St. Louis, St. Louis Art Museum, Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections, June-August 1999
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Silver 1682-1800, April 14-May 27, 1956, cat. no. 128
St. Louis, St. Louis Art Museum, Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections, June-August 1999