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Rare American Silver Creamer with Mask-Headed Feet, Jeremiah Elfreth, Jr. Philadelphia, Circa 1750

Auction Closed

January 19, 09:11 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Rare American Silver Creamer with Mask-Headed Feet

Jeremiah Elfreth, Jr. Philadelphia

Circa 1750


Of good weight and wide pear form, waved rim and multiple scroll handle, on three shell and scroll feet headed by female masks wearing elaborate headdresses, handle with contemporary initials MC, marked twice on base J.E in rectangle.

6 oz

186 g

Height: 4 3/8 inches

11.2 cm

Prof. Charles Frischmann, Sergeantsville, NJ
Conestoga, Sale 1093, circa 2005
Leyland Little Auctions, lot 583
Similar feet appear on a creamer by Daniel Parker, Boston, in the Museum of Replica Handbags s, Boston, see Comstock, Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques, vol. 1