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A Silver Teapot, Robert Crawford Johnson, 1922-1923

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Bidding on A Silver Teapot, Robert Crawford Johnson, 1922-1923

Sold

Hammer price

$31,000
15 bids6 biddersReserve met
Closed—

This lot has been sold.

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A buyer’s premium of 10% applies to the hammer price. At $31,000 that is $3,100, for a total of $34,100 excluding shipping and any applicable tax.

Consigned by

Henrik Sørensen

@sorensendesign

4.7 from 74 sales

Every consignment is checked against the house register before it is catalogued. Payment is held by Auctioneer until the lot is delivered.

Catalogue note

Silver, with hinged lid and black wooden handle and finial. A plain, cubed silver teapot with rounded corners, The flat, hinged lid, with the wooden finial set into a deep round depression, is set on the diagonal, with two corners cut off. The vertical black wooden handle form a corner with the body of the pot indented to allow space for gripping the handle. The spout likewise forms a corner with an indentation below it. Thus neither the handle, finial nor spout protrudes beyond the body of the cube. Height 13.2cm, Length 13.2cm, Width 13.2cm. Made by Robert Crawford Johnson, 1922-1923.

The record for this object is published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, which gives neither an acquisition credit nor an ownership history for it. Both are noted here as absent rather than filled in.

Materials and dimensions follow the holding institution's record. Twentieth-century production pieces are sold as found, with the wear a working object of this age would be expected to carry. Catalogue data for this lot is drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum's open-access collections record (V&A open access).

Provenance

Not established. The Victoria and Albert Museum publishes the catalogue record for this object but no ownership history, and none is asserted here.

Condition

Excellent

Minor handling wear consistent with age; no material faults.

Condition reports are the house’s opinion, offered in good faith. Lots are sold as viewed; the absence of a remark does not imply the absence of a fault.

Bidding history15 bids from 6 bidders

  1. A••• S.Leading

    Bid

    $31,000

  2. E••• W.

    Bid

    $30,000

  3. P••• R.

    Automatic bid

    $29,000

  4. P••• R.

    Bid

    $27,000

  5. T••• A.

    Bid

    $26,000

  6. G••• L.

    Automatic bid

    $25,000

  7. G••• L.

    Bid

    $23,500

  8. M••• C.

    Bid

    $23,000

  9. A••• S.

    Automatic bid

    $22,500

  10. A••• S.

    Bid

    $21,500

  11. E••• W.

    Automatic bid

    $21,000

  12. E••• W.

    Bid

    $20,000

  13. P••• R.

    Automatic bid

    $19,500

  14. P••• R.

    Bid

    $18,000

Bidders are shown by initial, as they would be by paddle in the room. Bids marked “automatic” were placed by the house on a bidder’s behalf, against a maximum only they can see.

Terms of sale

Buyer's premium
10% of the hammer price, added to your invoice.
Reserve
This lot carries a confidential reserve. It will not sell below it.
Anti-snipe
A bid in the closing moments extends the clock so the room can answer.
Settlement
Funds are held on deposit while you lead, and released the moment you are outbid.

Catalogue record

This lot describes a real object held by Victoria and Albert Museum, whose collection data is published for open access. The object is not for sale; it stands in here so the saleroom can be demonstrated against genuine catalogue records rather than invented ones.

View the museum recordLicence: V&A open access