A LARGE EARLY AMERICAN COFFEE POT, SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
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October 20, 03:12 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 20,000 USD
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A LARGE EARLY AMERICAN COFFEE POT, SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1730
tapering cylindrical with faceted swan-neck spout, flattened dome cover with baluster finial
marked on base SS in rectangle and with scratch weight 35oz 12p
33 oz 10 dwt gross
1045 g
height 10¾ in.
27.3 cm
Jonathan Trace, January, 1992
Roy & Ruth Nutt Collection, sold
Sotheby's, New York, January 24, 2015, lot 657
A similar pot by this maker with this distinctive flattened top to the cover is illustrated Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, no. 499, p. 577.