A SILVER CLASSICAL PITCHER
A SILVER CLASSICAL PITCHER

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN D. SHEPPER, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1825

Details
A SILVER CLASSICAL PITCHER
Maker's mark of John D. Shepper, Philadelphia, circa 1825
Baluster, with spreading circular base on square claw-footed pedestal, the lower body chased and repousse with leaf fronds, the front with monogram GASB, the shoulder with applied floral garland, with leaf-capped scrolling handle; marked under base
11in. high; 41oz. 10dwt.
Exhibited
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Classical Taste in America, 1994
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Private Eye, 1989