A silver coffeepot William Hollingshead (1728-1808), Philadelphia, PA, circa 1770

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American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts

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Nov 10, 2021

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Freeman’s November 10 American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction features a fine selection of silver, furniture, paintings, flags, and objects illustrating the customs, politics, and design sensibilities of early America. Curated by Lynda Cain, Head of American Furniture Department. Freeman's info@freemansauction.com

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• Lot Description
  A silver coffeepot William Hollingshead (1728-1808), Philadelphia, PA, circa 1770

  Of baluster form, on footed base with gadrooning, domed lid with gadrooned rim and urn-form finial, spout issuing from rocaille join, scrolled wood handle, the body engraved with rococo cartouche containing monogram "LP," marked three times to underside.

  
  
  (H: 12 1/2 in. W: 4 3/4 in. L: 9 1/2 in. (including handle and spout), Weight: 34.405 oz. t. (including wood handle))
  
  

  Provenance

  The Collection of Ella Parsons, American Art Association, New York, cat. #4262, May 15, 1936, lot 333
  The Clapp & Graham Co., illustrated in Antiques (November 1936), p. 197
  Christie's, New York, January 19, 1990, lot 256
  Christie's, New York, January 20, 2006, lot 199
  Collection of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Nusrala
  S.J. Shrubsole, New York, New York, June 18, 2019
  A private New Jersey collection.

  Exhibition History

  Art Treasures Exhibition, Parke-Bernet, New York, June 16-30, 1955, cat. no. 301
  Philadelphia Silver 1682-1800, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, April 14 - May 27, 1956, cat. no. 128
  Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections, St. Louis, Missouri, June - August, 1999.

  Literature
  
  "Philadelphia Silver," The Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, vol. LI, no. 249 (Spring 1956), cat. no. 128
  Conradsen, David, Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections, St. Louis Art Museum, 1999, cat. 42, p. 100-101
  Kane, Patricia E., "Living with Antiques: A St. Louis Couple Collects," The Magazine Antiques (May 2002), p. 114, pl. V.

  
  
  Condition report:

  underside with scratch weight 33-12 and engraved with the date, "1775," repair to underside of upper handlesocket, visible minor cracks to top handle socket, evidence of probable resoldering of lid hinge to top of upper handle socket,, minor scuffs and dings to body at belly, a diagonal "line" of surface irregularity about 1/2 inch in length below belly on unengraved side, some minor scuffs and slight dings to spout, inside upper rim of pot with slight vertical line about 1/3 in. above handle

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