Bronze Posnet Made By John Taylor Of Richmond VA 1790 For Sale

Bronze Posnet Made By John Taylor Of Richmond VA 1790-1810

This pot or Posnet on three legs was made by John Taylor in Richmond Virginia just after the Revolutionary Way. His foundry was one of the only foundries producing these in the south. Most were made north of NYC in New England so the Richmond Taylor Foundry pieces are quite rare. I obtained the piece from Sotheby's many years ago.

Allan Katz appraised one of these John Talor Bronze Posnets on PBS's Antique Roadshow awhile back at a value between $10,000 and $15,000. It later sold for $13,000. It was found at a garage sale in Portland. You can search to see a video clip on YouTube of Allan's appraisal of that Taylor Bronze Posnet.

There is also one currently for sale at an antique dealer for $11,500. It has been polished, original is better!

Skinner sales sold one from the Howard Roth Collection in 2014 for $9200 but the handle had been re-attached and it was damaged. But howard did have a copy of an old newspaper that John Talor advertised his pots and ladles.

"He also makes note of John Taylor's advertisement in the Virginia Gazette, June 5, 1793, in which Taylor publicizes his products including, "bell metal skillets, pans and mortars, copper tea-kettles, pans, and coal boxes of all sizes; a great variety of coach mountings, and many fancy patterns, executed with neatness and dispatch, pewter candle molds, dishes, plates, and basins, brass candlesticks..." Mr. Roth points out that "Taylor was one of the few molders of bronze posnets (skillets) that did not work in the large metro areas of Newport, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, [or] Baltimore"

The one for sale here is in pretty great condition for it's age in comparison with the other two mentioned above. It will make a sensational centerpiece of Southern Made in the USA historic cooking hesrth piece just post Revolutionary War in Richmond.