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Rare American Silver Teapot, Jacob Gerritse Lansing I, Albany, Circa 1720-30

Auction Closed

January 19, 09:11 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Rare American Silver Teapot

Jacob Gerritse Lansing I, Albany

Circa 1720-30


pear form, on spreading stepped foot, chased with a mid-band, faceted spout, high domed cover with baluster finial, base engraved I/GLS, marked on either side of handle IGL in rectangle

20 oz 5 dwt gross

628 g

height 7 3/8 in.

18.7 cm

Jacob Gerritse Lansing (the silversmith), Albany
Descended within successive generations of the Lansing family,
Agnes Lansing Blake, sold
Sotheby's New York, January 23, 2015, lot 804
The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany Silver, 1652-1825, March 15-May 1, 1964
Norman S. Rice, Albany Silver 1652-1825, 1964, p. 26.
Maine Antique Digest
, April 2015, p. 20-b