Coffeepot

Maker Samuel Casey (American, 1724 - 1773)

Collections

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Dateca. 1760

Mediumsilver

Dimensions10 x 9 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (25.4 x 23.5 x 10.8 cm.)

DescriptionStraight-sided, raised body curves to applied, molded, splayed foot; applied, cast gooseneck spout with molded leaf at base and acanthus leaf at top of notched tip; two shaped sockets secure wooden, double c-scroll handle with grip, upper socket joined to body at molded shell extension; joined at lower body by disk and post; cast bird-in-flight finial on stepped, dome cover, hinge affixed to upper scroll handle socket and lid flange; rich repousse scrolls, shells and leaves chased and engraved over body and lid.

InscribedInscribed: engraved within asymmetrical rococo cartouche: griffin on one side, armorial on the opposite; arms of Micklethwait impaling Clopton, quartering Waller, Clarke, and Western. Marked in rectangle at center punch: S:CASEY

MarkingsMarked in rectangle at center punch: S:CASEY

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Peter Emerson Marble

Status

On view

Object number2000.25.230

Exhibitions

American Made: Selections from The Huntington's Early American Art Collections