Lot Essay
For further genealogy, see Daniel Denison Slade, The Bromfields, Boston, 1872.
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN POTWINE, BOSTON, CIRCA 1745
Details
A SILVER TEAPOT
Maker's Mark of John Potwine, Boston, circa 1745
Bullet-form, on molded foot, with scroll spout, the flat cover with bayonet fittings and engraved border, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within a scrolling acanthus and fishscale cartouche, the base later engraved H.B. & M.F. 1749
9in. long overall; gross weight 15oz. 10dwt.
The arms are a variation of those of Bromfield
Maker's Mark of John Potwine, Boston, circa 1745
Bullet-form, on molded foot, with scroll spout, the flat cover with bayonet fittings and engraved border, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms and crest within a scrolling acanthus and fishscale cartouche, the base later engraved H.B. & M.F. 1749
9in. long overall; gross weight 15oz. 10dwt.
The arms are a variation of those of Bromfield
Provenance
Descended in the Bromfield and Rogers families of Boston, by tradition as follows:
Edward Bromfield (1695-1756) m. Abigail Coney (1700-1756) in 1723.
Henry Bromfield (1727-1820), merchant of Boston, m. Margaret Fayerweather (1732-1761) in 1749.
Elizabeth Bromfield (1763-1833), daughter of Henry Bromfield's second wife, m. Daniel Dennison Rogers (1751-1825) in 1796.
John Rogers (1800-1884), m. Sarah Ellen Derby (1805-1877) in 1827.
Clara Pomery Rogers (838-1907), m. John Graeme Purdon (1834-1910).
Ethel Purdon (1874-1955), thence by descent to present owner.
A portrait of Margaret Fayerweather Bromfield and a chair with a needlework seat belonging to her are at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated in Wendy Cooper, Paul Revere's Boston,1975, figs. 103 and 104.
Edward Bromfield (1695-1756) m. Abigail Coney (1700-1756) in 1723.
Henry Bromfield (1727-1820), merchant of Boston, m. Margaret Fayerweather (1732-1761) in 1749.
Elizabeth Bromfield (1763-1833), daughter of Henry Bromfield's second wife, m. Daniel Dennison Rogers (1751-1825) in 1796.
John Rogers (1800-1884), m. Sarah Ellen Derby (1805-1877) in 1827.
Clara Pomery Rogers (838-1907), m. John Graeme Purdon (1834-1910).
Ethel Purdon (1874-1955), thence by descent to present owner.
A portrait of Margaret Fayerweather Bromfield and a chair with a needlework seat belonging to her are at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated in Wendy Cooper, Paul Revere's Boston,1975, figs. 103 and 104.