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Coffeepot, ca. 1725–35
Charles Le Roux (American, baptized 1689–1745)
Silver; Overall: 9 5/8 x 8 3/8 in., 802.8 grams (24.4 x 21.3 cm, 25.811 troy ounces); Diam. of base: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); Diam. of lip: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Sansbury-Mills Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rubin, Wunsch Foundation, Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation, Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation Inc., and Anonymous Gifts, 1997 (1997.498.1)

Salver, ca. 1725–35
Charles Le Roux (American, baptized 1689–1745)
Silver; Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in., 315.2 grams (2.9 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm, 10.34 troy ounces)
Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Sansbury-Mills Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rubin, Wunsch Foundation, Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation, Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation Inc., and Anonymous Gifts, 1997 (1997.498.2)

This tall, tapered coffeepot with S-curve spout and its accompanying salver or stand display the tasteful proportions typical of American silver of the 1720s–30s. The emphasis is on line and profile, with ornament restricted to simple moldings, bracket feet on the salver, and neatly engraved armorials. Each object is engraved with the arms of Assheton quartering Shepley, for Ralph Assheton (1695–1745), a prominent Philadelphian whose probate inventory lists 290 ounces of silver plate. The architectural cartouche surrounding the arms, like the overall design, is English in inspiration.

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    • Coffeepot, ca. 1725–35
    Charles Le Roux (American, baptized 1689–1745)
    Silver; Overall: 9 5/8 x 8 3/8 in., 802.8 grams (24.4 x 21.3 cm, 25.811 troy ounces); Diam. of base: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); Diam. of lip: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
    Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Sansbury-Mills Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rubin, Wunsch Foundation, Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation, Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation Inc., and Anonymous Gifts, 1997 (1997.498.1)

    Salver, ca. 1725–35
    Charles Le Roux (American, baptized 1689–1745)
    Silver; Overall: 1 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in., 315.2 grams (2.9 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm, 10.34 troy ounces)
    Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund, Sansbury-Mills Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Rubin, Wunsch Foundation, Maxwell H. Gluck Foundation, Louis and Virginia Clemente Foundation Inc., and Anonymous Gifts, 1997 (1997.498.2)