A SILVER COFFEE POT

MARK OF PHILIP SYNG, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1760

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A SILVER COFFEE POT
MARK OF PHILIP SYNG, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1760
Pear form on molded circular foot, with shell and leaf clad spout, the wood scroll handle with shell upper join, the double domed cover with baluster finial, marked twice under base, also marked with Syng's leaf pseudohallmark; and with scratchweight 38 oz. .. 2 dwt
11¾ in. high; 38 oz. 10 dwt. gross weight

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Today's auction of American silver continues with lots 75-234, immediately following, in the sale of Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Decoys, Silver, and Prints (see separate catalogue)

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A nearly identical coffeepot by Syng with castings from the same molds is in the collection of Mrs. Ruth Nutt, illustrated in Jack L. Lindsey, Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1999, fig. 211, pp. 188-189.