$2,520
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 15, 2022 12:00 PM EDT
Of typical form with two handles and footed base, decorated with incised lines, the handles engraved, "M" and "Mc: K," with partially rubbed mark to underside within heart-form reserve; together with a land grant on vellum, signed by Governor Thomas McKean and Deputy Secretary James Trimble (1755-1837), dated February 2, 1805, which gave Robert Walker a tract of land called Dundee, located on Buffalo Creek, Donegall Township, Washington County, presented alongside an engraved portrait of Thomas McKean by T.B. Welch after Gilbert Stuart, matted and framed.
H: 1 1/2 in. W: 5 3/4 in. D: 3 1/2 in., Weight: 2.53 oz. t.Provenance
Direct descendance from Founding Father, Thomas McKean (1734-1817), first governor of Pennsylvania, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation to the present owners.
McKean was the child of Irish-born Protestants of Scottish descent, William McKean and Letitia Finney, who were brought to Chester County, Pennsylvania from Ballymoney County Antrim, Ireland as children.