Thomas Whipham Sterling Silver Georgian Coffee Pot from 1752

Thomas Whipham sterling silver coffee pot from 1752 (Georgian era), with a wood handle, adorned with floral and stylized geometric motifs as well as with a coat of arms. It measures 10 3/8'' in height by 8 1/3'' from handle to spout, weighs 27.7 troy ounces, and bears hallmarks as shown.

Son of William Whipham of Layton, Thomas Whipham apprenticed to Thomas Farren in 1728 on payment of £25. Freed in 1737, he had a long-lasting career in silversmithing until his death in 1815. His work is present in the permanent collections of prestigious museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. and the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds a teapot from 1753 in a very similar design as our coffee pot. It states: "Repoussé decoration was achieved by hammering silver from the inside to create brilliant, raised textural effects on the outside. Silver vessels in inverted pear shapes were popular in the mid-eighteenth century, and the asymmetrical arrangement of flora and fauna seen here is typical of the Rococo style."

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