Lot 3232
  • 3232

An American Silver Coffee Pot, Benjamin Burt, Boston, circa 1765

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked on base BENJAMIN BURT in a cartouche (Kane mark A) and scratch weight 35 oz 15
  • Silver, wood
  • height 11 1/4 in.
  • 28.6cm
of baluster form on molded circular foot, swan-neck spout cast springing from leaves and drop, the stepped domed cover with pinecore finial, one side engraved with later script monogram RBW

Exhibited

United States Department of State, Washington D.C., February 1973, no. 12.

Literature

Kane, Patricia E., Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 234.

Silver Supplement to the Guidebook to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State, Washington D.C., February, 1973, p. 19.

Condition

as noted re later engraving, some light scratches, clear mark, overall good condition
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