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
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) long; 22 oz. 10 dwt. (709 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
Maria B. Perkins m. Edward C. Parish 1899
Henry Parish 2nd m. Dorothy May Kinnicutt 1931

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Lot Essay

Dorothy Parish, née Kinnicutt (1910-1994), better known as "Sister" Parish, was an American interior designer who worked with some of the country's most influential families, including the Bronfmans, the Mellons, the Rockefellers and the Vanderbilts. At the request of Jacqueline Kennedy, she decorated the White House. According to her New York Times obituary, 10 September 1994, Mrs. Parish "is widely considered to have originated, in the 1960's, the decorating idiom that became known as American country style."

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