Lot 525
  • 525

AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT, JOSEPH AND NATHANIEL RICHARDSON, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1780

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked twice on base I.NR conjoined in a rectangle and scratched twice Keith.
  • silver, wood
  • length 9 1/2 in.
  • 24.2 cm
rim engraved with running band of rococo ornament, side with contemporary foliate monogram EHB.

Provenance

Ron Belkin, November 1973

Exhibited

Seattle Art Museum: Creating Perfection (Shaker exhibition), October 5, 2000-April 29, 2001

Condition

slight wear through out, tiny split at lower handle terminal
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