Antique Crichton Brothers Roosevelt Coat of Arms Sterling Silver and Wood Coffee Pot - Approx 20.940 ozt. This fascinating piece of history has crisp geometric sides in a pear shaped body, with a solid carved curved wood piece for the handle and a finial atop the hinged lid. Hallmark at top near handle places the year of production at 1915, and the large flower-oriented family crest and Latin motto engraved on the side ("Qui plantavit curabit," translating loosely to "He who planted this shall care for it") are indicative of the Roosevelt family, which trace their lineage earlier to the Dutch Rosenvelt ("Rose Field") family. Marked on the underside "Crichton Bros London & New York." 

Size: 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 8 in. 

Approximate Weight: 20.940 ozt. 

Crichton Brothers (also known as Crichton & Co) was established by Lionel Alfred Crichton in Kensington, England in 1890. The company dealt with antique and retail silver, functioning both as an auction house and hiring silversmiths to craft original pieces as well as reproductions of popular styles from the early 19th Century. In 1905 they opened a second location in the West End, and in 1912 they established two more branches in the United States, one in New York and one in Chicago. His two partners were Philip Alexander Solomon, who retired in 1919, and Edward Richard de Parcq, who closed all branches except the West End one in 1938 when Crichton died. The final location closed in the late 1950s, and many of their original pieces as well as a significant portion of Crichton’s personal collection of silver objects are now displayed in the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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