The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts
American Silver Teapot, Thomas Hammersley, New York, Circa 1765
Auction Closed
January 19, 09:11 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
American Silver Teapot
Thomas Hammersley, New York
Circa 1765
Inverted pear form, engraved with a border of shell and scrollwork at the rim, bud finial, the side engraved with later arms, shell-decorated short curved spout and leaf-topped upper handle terminal, pedestal foot, marked twice on base TH in rectangle.
19 oz 10 dwt gross
606 g
Length: 9 5/8 inches
24.5 cm
Property of Nell Singer, sold
Sotheby's New York, January 19, 2007, lot 186
Property of a Texas Collector, sold and illust. cover
Christie's New York, January 23, 2009, lot 99
Sotheby's New York, January 19, 2007, lot 186
Property of a Texas Collector, sold and illust. cover
Christie's New York, January 23, 2009, lot 99
A similar teapot by Hammersley is at Winterthur, illus. in Quimby, Ian, American Silver at Winterthur, 1995, p. 243, no. 207, where it is noted that the mark is undoubtedly an unrecorded mark of the same maker.