AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT

MARK OF ABRAHAM DUBOIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1790

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF ABRAHAM DUBOIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1790
Oval, with straight spout and wood handle, the detachable domed cover with urn finial, engraved with inscription under base, marked under base
11 in. (27.9 cm.) long; 21 oz. (664 gr.) gross weight

Engraved

I. James Whitehead m. Hannah Coburn about 1790
II Pheobe Whitehead m. Jacob Schweighauser Otto. Dec. 19, 1811
III Eliza Martin Otto m. Walter Marvin Seymour. Aug 3. 1828
IV Eliza Martin Seymour m. Henry Clarke Perkins Janry 13, 1875

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Lot Essay

Jacob Schweighauser Otto (1778-1826) was a Philadelphia merchant and later agent for the Holland Company, which promoted real estate in Western New York for its Dutch investors. (O. Turner, Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1850, p. 441)

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