AN UNUSUAL IRISH SILVER FOOTED COFFEE POT, ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN, 1728
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April 16, 08:57 PM GTNN
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12,000 - 18,000 USD
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THE collects ION OF MELINDA AND PAUL SULLIVAN
AN UNUSUAL IRISH SILVER FOOTED COFFEE POT, ROBERT CALDERWOOD, DUBLIN, 1728
tall tapered cylindrical on stepped feet below base moulding, engraved with arms in baroque cartouche, bell-form finial
marked on body, no cover mark
32 oz gross
995 g
height 10½ in.
26.8 cm
Sotheby's, London, February 9, 1989
S.J. Shrubsole, New York, 1994
A similar coffee pot on three feet by Thomas Williamson, Dublin, circa 1735 from the Folger Coffee Company collects ion, is illustrated in Douglas Bennet, Irish Georgian Silver, p. 96, fig. 41.