Coffee Pots were
side-handled from 1705-1715. The handle opposite the spout
appeared about 1715. The domed lid was replaced by a slightly
stepped lid 
about
1725. During the period 1705-1725 the body of the Coffee Pot
was straight sided and the spout was curved. The "tuck-under"
base appeared about 1740 with the leaf-capped, scroll spout.
The body became baluster shaped around 1750 and started to
take on a pear shape by 1775. This ultimately led to the neo-classical
shape of the 1790’s.
Teapots were
less common than coffee pots up to 1780. There was the pear-shape
of 1715-1725 with a curved spout and the bullet teapot of
1720-1750. This led to the drum shape and ultimately to the
neo-classical form.
The Tea Service
was not seen much before 1785 and did not become a Tea and
Coffee Service until about 1805.
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Tea Pot by JAMES MUSGRAVE
Philadelphia, c.1790
11 ½” tall; 24 ozs. 6 dwts.
Urn shaped Tea Pot on a square base with a pull off lid topped by an urn shaped finial;
the pot having an original carved wood handle. The body engraved on both sides with the contemporary
script initials “MLM”. Marked twice on the base “Musgrave”.
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George II Tea Pot by “FR”?
London, 1748
6” top of Finial; 14 ozs.
Tea Pot on four cast, applied shell feet with female masks at the joins.
The body and lid with repousse decoration and chased shell decoration at the
handle socket and spout join. Fully marked on the base with a partially rubbed
mark on the bezzel.
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Coffee Pot by EOFF & SHEPHERD
New York City, c.1850
8 7/8” tall; 26 ozs.
Coffee Pot with slight tuck under base and an original wood handle. Marked “E & S” twice on the base. Contemporary coat-of-arms on the front and the contemporary block initials
“S
W * E” on the base.
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Coffee Pot by ANDREW UNDERHILL
New York City, c.1780
12 ¾” tall; 38 ozs. 2 dwts.
Baluster Coffee Pot with cast, leaf capped spout, wooden handle (replaced) and a stepped cover terminating in a stylized flame finial. Contemporary script initial “H” on the front. Marked “A.UNDERHILL”“N.YORK” on the base.
Literature: The Darling Foundation of New York State Early American Silversmiths and Silver, New YorkState Silversmiths, 1964, illus. P.180
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Tea Pot by JOHN MYERS
Philadelphia, c. 1790
11” tall; 22 ozs. 6 dwts.
Urn Shaped Tea Pot set at an angle on a square base. Leaf capped spout with applied beading at the top and bottom of the spout as well as at the foot, neck, collar and lid; also having a leaf capped, carved wood handle. The lid having a cast, applied urn finial. Marked “I.MYERS” once on the outside edge of the foot.
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