Lot 448
A Fine Mississippi Coin Silver Coffee Pot, Hot Milk Pitcher and Sugar Urn, George Macpherson, act. Natchez 1843-1871, marked "G.MACPHERSON" in rectangle, vasiform, domed lids with strawberry finials, branch-form handles with strawberries, chased with lotus leaves, flowers and palmettes, foot with rolled band of decoration, Gothic monogram "HK", coffee pot height 12 1/2 in., pitcher height 9 1/4 in., urn height 9 in., combined weight 78.05 troy ozs, (3 pcs.) Note: Born in Scotland, silversmith George Macpherson is documented as working in Natchez as early as 1843. In 1849 he bought the shop on Main Street that would be his business address until he sold the property in 1872, after he had moved back to Scotland. His home in Natchez was "Cherokee", the handsome Neoclassical townhouse which stands today. A closely related coffee pot and covered pitcher made by Macpherson for Mississippi Governor Gerard Chittocque Brandon are illustrated in Nineteenth Century Natchez-Made Silver, p. 35. See also the Macpherson sugar bowl from the Governor Brandon set, which sold in these rooms June 25, 2011, lot 234. Reference: Nineteenth Century Natchez-Made Silver, pp. 32-45.
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