AN AMERICAN SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND**
Lot 212 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

AN AMERICAN SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND**

MARK OF JOHN C. MOORE CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1845, RETAILED BY GELSTON & TREADWELL, NEW YORK

Closed19 May 2010

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USD 2,000

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AN AMERICAN SILVER KETTLE-ON-STAND**
MARK OF JOHN C. MOORE CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1845, RETAILED BY GELSTON & TREADWELL, NEW YORK
In the Chinoiserie taste, the kettle pear form and chased with scene of Great Wall of China, with cast bird's-neck spout, the domed cover with Chinese figure, the overhead swing handle with ivory insulators, the body engraved with a monogram, the stand further chased with Chinese landscape, with four scroll feet and floral apron, the burner detachable, marked under kettle

Specialist note

John C. Moore, who worked independently from 1836-1851, supplied many firms including Tiffany and Co. Gelston & Treadwell are listed as New York jewelers and watchmakers from 1844-49.