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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Mar 26, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 944

Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson Coin Silver Coffee Pot

Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, late 18th century, urn form body, pineapple finial, scroll wooden handle, one side with engraved shield flanked by floral sprays, opposite side with later inscription documenting ownership, marks for Joseph & Nathaniel Richardson (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, working 1777-1791), 43.53 oz. T., 15 in.

Provenance: Philip Thomas II (1727-1784) and Anne Harris Galloway (1719/20-1763), Ann Arundel County, MD, to their daughter-in-law Sarah Margaret Weems (1762-1824), who married Philip Thomas III (1754-1809) 7 March 1782, to their daughter Mary Frances Caroline Thomas (1798-1858), who married Jeremiah Smith Hubbard Boies (1798-1858) 28 February 1828, to their daughter Sarah Hannah Boies (1834-1881), who married Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose (1827-1908) 28 September 1858, to their daughter-in-law Katharine Drexel (1866-1918), who married Charles Bingham Penrose (1862-1925) 11 November 1892, to his brother Dr. Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose (1863-1931) 25 December 1901; Christie's, January 19, 2018; The Important Private Collection of a Rocky Mountain Couple

Condition

back side with later inscription, handle slightly pushed in at top and bottom, small dents, light scratches

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