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KC70-322
Coffeepot
KC70-322

Coffeepot

Date1771-1772
Marked by Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp
MediumSilver (Sterling); wood
DimensionsOH: 10 7/8"; H(to rim): 8 3/8"; D(top): 3 1/4"; D(base): 4 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-521
DescriptionCoffeepot of tall pyriform body with applied molded rim and supported on molded circular foot with gadrooned band; swan spout with leaves at tip and attachment to body; reverse-scrolled pearwood handle in silver sockets, the upper one with leaf attachment, the lower scrolled with bud terminal. Hinged lid with gadrooned rim and swirled cone finial. GEC engraved on underbody.
Label TextA coffeepot of 1765/66 by Thomas Whipham and Charles Wright of London with the engraved crest of the Byrd family of Westover, Charles City County, is in the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. It is of this conventional elongated pear form with similar spout, handle sockets, and gadrooned base.

InscribedOwner's initials (G over E C) engraved on undeside of base.
MarkingsNear handle 3/4" below rim: D.S R.S in quatrefoil; lion passant; leopard's head crowned; date letter "Q" for 1771-1772. On bezel of lid: maker's mark amd lion passant.
ProvenanceVendor: Garrard & Co. Ltd., London (purchased from Jaffe Rose Ltd., London, 1950)

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