Lot 399

An American matched three piece tea set








Auction: 1 June 2011 at 12:00 BST
£2,125
Description
teapot by Charles Wiltberger of Philadelphia, covered sugar bowl by John McMullin, the cream jug unmarked, the deep plain tapering bodies with beaded rims on waisted stems and spreading foot, the covered sugar with arch pierced rim and pull off domed cover (3)
Dimensions
teapot 31cm high, 42oz
Footnote
Wiltberger apprenticed to Richard Humphrey, started business in 1793, died 1851. John McMullin also worked at a similar period in Philadelphia







