A FINE SILVER COFFEE POT

MAKER'S MARK OF PHILIP SYNG JR., PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1760

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A FINE SILVER COFFEE POT
Maker's Mark of Philip Syng Jr., Philadelphia, circa 1760
Baluster form, on cast circular foot, with scroll spout and wood handle, the domed cover with large bud finial, engraved under base with monogram MPP, marked twice under base with PS and leaf pseudohallmark
11in. high; gross weight 38oz. 10dwt.

Lot Essay

The base is also engraved underneath: T. Williams Roberts From his Aunt Mary Roberts Jones of Wynnewood 1900 Made about 1725

Mary Roberts Jones was the sister of George Brooke Roberts (1833-1897), President of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1880-1897).