Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
Building America: The Wolf Family Collection
An American Silver Teapot, John Burt, Boston, circa 1750
Auction Closed
April 21, 08:50 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An American Silver Teapot, John Burt, Boston, circa 1750
In the form of an apple, the shoulders chased with rococo ornament, one side engraved HH to MHH, the other side engraved with later arms in rococo cartouche, marked John Burt in sloping capitals four times center of base.
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long
16 oz. (497 g) gross
Christie's New York, June 2, 1990, lot 79
Wolf Family Collection No. 1007 (acquired from the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 1007 (acquired from the above)
Eugene Zieber, Heraldry in America, 1909, rpt. 1984, fig. 94, p. 47
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 258.
Patricia E. Kane, Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 258.
The arms are identified as those of Tasker; the seller in 1990 was a descendant of Benjamin Tasker of Maryland.