January 16, 2020 The Susquehanna Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/16/2020
This neoclassical teapot and creamer were made by Lewis Heck of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and dated 1794. The urn-shaped teapot has a swan neck spout with a scrolled end and a fluted carved wooden handle on a square base. The top terminates in a small urn with flame finial and the whole is outlined with a small beading. The underside is marked four times, "LHECK" and engraved with the initials "G", "PC" and dated 1794. The matching creamer of helmet form has an exaggerated curved handle on a square base and is outlined with a small beaded molding. The underside is marked four times "LH" in rectangle and is engraved with the same initials as the teapot. The two pieces were made in 1794 for Phillip Cloninger and his wife Catherine Wolf. Lewis Heck was one of the most important silversmiths working in Lancaster in the late eighteenth century.
Item Dimensions: 11" x 11" x 5".