Lot 68
  • 68

An American Silver Covered Sugar Urn and Creamer, James Musgrave, Philadelphia / John Myers, New York, circa 1790

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • heights 10 5/8in. (27cm) to 7 3/4in. (19.6cm)
both with beaded borders on square pedestal foot, the sugar urn engraved with script initial K, urn finial, marked twice on base Musgrave in conforming rectangle; the creamer of partly fluted helmet form, engraved with monogram DEE, marked twice on base I.Myers in rectangle

Literature

Illustrated Robert Schwartz, Philadelphia Collection II, 1976, no. 30

Condition

good condition, sugar urn with clear marks
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Catalogue Note

The initial K on the sugar urn is for Washington Keith of Pennsylvania.