Coffeepot
Maker
Samuel Casey
(American, 1724 - 1773)
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 viewObject number2000.25.230
Exhibitions
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.17
