Property from the Collection of Roy J. Zuckerberg
A Rare American Silver Spout Cup, Philip Syng Jr., Philadelphia, Circa 1740
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
of baluster form with molded rim and base band, the double-scroll handle at right angle to curved spout, with lift-off stepped domed cover, base engraved with block initials N/TE and with scratch weight 18 : 04, marked twice left of handle PS in shield and with leaf, the cover rim marked PS in heart
17 oz 10 dwt
544.3 g
height 6 ¾ in.
17.1 cm
Robert Jackson and Ann Gillooly, January 1999
The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt, sold
Sotheby's, New York, January 24, 2015, lot 641
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1999, no. 286
Jack L. Lindsey, Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, 1999, no. 286, p. 199
Jeanne Sloane, Artistry and Enterprise: American Silver 1660-1790 - Survey of American Colonial silver held in the collection of Roy J. Zuckerberg, New York, Smallwood & Stewart, 2018, no. 125, p. 246-247
The monogram is probably that of Thomas Newbold (1702- 1741) of Springfield, New Jersey, and his wife Edith Coate (b. 1705) of Burlington, New Jersey, married in 1724. Spout cups were used for feeding the infirm, and it is possible that Thomas Newbold ordered this cup for himself, as he died in 1741.
Philip Syng completed his apprenticeship with his father, Philip Syng, Sr., in 1725. Syng Sr. was an Irish silversmith who brought his family to Philadelphia in 1714, when Philip Jr., was eleven years old. Syng Jr. was heavily involved in civic life in Philadelphia, serving as the city's Treasurer from 1759 to 1770 and holding positions in institutions such as the Library Company, the American Philosophical Society, the Contributionship Insurance Company, the Masonic Lodge, the College and Academy of Philadelphia and Christ Church. Philip Syng is best known today as the maker of the silver inkstand used at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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