William III miniature coffee pot sells at Vogel sale for $4800

William III miniature coffee pot by Edward Hunsdon (London 1699) – $4800 (£3700) at Sotheby’s sale of the Vogel collection.

Key to the appeal of this William III miniature coffee pot by the Carey Lane smallworker Edward Hunsdon (London 1699) was its distinctive conical cover.

The two known full-sized vessels of this shape, hallmarked 1670 and 1681, are the earliest surviving English coffee or teapots.

This one, measuring just 2½in (6cm) high, had been acquired from Shrubsole in 1986. It took $4800 (£3700).

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