Live Auction 2373Important English, Continental and American Silver
AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT
Lot 218

AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT

MARK OF ABRAHAM DUBOIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1790

Closed19 May 2010

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF ABRAHAM DUBOIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1790
Oval, with straight spout and wood handle, the detachable domed cover with urn finial, engraved with inscription under base, marked under base
11 in. (27.9 cm.) long; 21 oz. (664 gr.) gross weight

Specialist note

Jacob Schweighauser Otto (1778-1826) was a Philadelphia merchant and later agent for the Holland Company, which promoted real estate in Western New York for its Dutch investors. (O. Turner, Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York, 1850, p. 441)