Lot 1288
  • 1288

An American silver covered pitcher, Benjamin Burt, Boston, circa 1780

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • marked center of base Benjamin Burt in a shaped cartouche
  • silver
  • height 11 1/8 in.
  • 28.3 cm
spout with a hinged flap, engraved on one side with a full rigged ship and a coat of arms and motto AD COELUM SPIRO on the opposite side

Provenance

Jonathan Trace, January 1984

Literature

Illustrated in Max Webber Inc, "American & English Antiques of the 18th Century," cat. #3, (1971), p. 168.

Condition

dings throughout, crease to lower body, small dent to cover
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