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Boston c 1850 'Pure Coin' Silver Octagonal Tall Engraved Water Pitcher
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Old Friends
5574f $1,325.00
A high style piece representative of the finest quality silver work generated in mid 19th Boston, this item is a substantial-sized water pitcher. It stands 11" tall to the highest point of the lofty handle, has a bulbous, eight panel, baluster-shaped body that is 6" across at the widest, sits on a rimmed, 4 1/2" diameter, octagonal base, weighs 25.75 T. oz., and holds four pints (64 ounces) of liquid. Each of the eight panels is engraved in a delicately rendered leaf and floral... Click for details
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Wood & Hughes 'Pharaoh' Coin Silver Child's Mug Engraved 'Bertha'
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Old Friends
5350f $365.00
Standing 2 7/8" high, with a top diameter of 2 3/8" and a bottom diameter of 1 7/8", a maximum span of 3 5/8" to the end of the handle, and weighing a relatively light but proportional to the overall size, 2.8 T. oz., this mug is marked "WwH" for Wood and Hughes, New York City, and "900/1000" for coin silver. Baluster form, it has a beaded base with smaller beading encircling the top rim. The area of the body opposite the C scroll, hollow handle is chased in a floral (perhaps hibiscus)... Click for details
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Wood & Hughes Engine Turned Swing Handle c. 1860 Coin Silver Basket
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Old Friends
4847f $395.00
This basket stands 4 7/8" tall to the rim, reaches 7 1/2" to the top of the upraised swing handle, has a top diameter of 5 1/4", stands on a footed base that is 3 1/2" across, and weighs 9.4 T. oz. Solid coin silver and dating circa 1860, it was made by Wood & Hughes whose "WwH" emblem is stamped on the underside. It could be a sugar basket for large tea set, or perhaps a sweet meat server. Very much a period piece, it incorporates design elements popular in the period. The body and... Click for details
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coin silver salver, Welles & Gelston, Boston circa 1820
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2413 $950.00
diameter, 8.5"; height .75"; weight 14.0 oz. Troy; a few minor scratches and dents but excellent overall condition, no monogram, marked as shown in fifth enlargement.
Some similarities such as the ring-matte chasing (see second photo) exist between this and China Trade items which were imported to Boston during an albeit slightly later time frame, (see Forbes, figures 41 and 153), which along with the four toed feet and overall chunky-ness of this item leads me to wonder if Messr's Welles... Click for details
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Boston coin silver cup of strong theatrical interest
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2411 $1,250.00
Edward Holland Hastings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 1, 1857. This dramatic christening cup from the gentleman whom we presume to be his uncle, Edward M. Holland, presaged a distinguished career as owner and impresario.
After spending a year at Cambridge High School, he prepared for four years at Philip Academy in Exeter, NH. Immensely popular with his schoolmates, he was elected class president and entered Harvard upon graduation. Illness prevented him from... Click for details
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American coin silver wine trolley, Francis W. Cooper, NY circa 1850
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2384 $7,500.00
retailed by Palmer and Newcomb, length overall 23 1/2 inches, each coaster eight inches in diameter, gross weight 47 Troy ounces, engraved with an old English "m" and the crest of the Muir family (please see fourth photo). Overall condition is superb, though we will mention that the wooden inserts are later made but period accurate replacements.
Known for his ecclesiastical silver, Cooper's work can be found in major museums, notably an enameled chalice and paten in Boston's Museum of... Click for details
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Pitman coin silver cream jug
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2337 On Hold
height 7 1/8 inches, weight 5.52 Troy ounces, fine condition, monogrammed as shown in third enlargement.
This mark is commonly given to Saunders Pitman, but we are not so certain that it is his. For example, though the Met attributes a cream jug in their collection (accession number 33.120.311) to Saunders, some might consider this attribution to be problematic, since he'd been dead for a good solid forty years when it was made.
Other reasonable possibilities would include John K.... Click for details
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Gorham coin silver cream jug model number 70
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2323 Sold
engine turned decoration and C scroll handle with integral cast floral support, height 4 3/4 to top and 5 3/4 inches across handle to spout, weight 6.92 Troy ounces, some minor dents and unhappy handle join (shown in fourth enlargement) but very good looking nonetheless. Engraved "Mary Mitlacker Brehme / From her Grandmother."
We have always been fond of Gorham's first high style designs, especially those in the manner of Mary Todd Lincoln's tea service.
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Cornelia Anna Ritch christening cup
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2264 Sold
Cornelia Anna Ritch (1847-1916) may well have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth. We know for sure that at the age of six, she had a fine looking coin silver cup in her hand.
Her great great great grandfather, Henry Ritch, was among the original settlers of Greenwich, CT, having received a grant of three acres there on May 19th, 1686. Her family has always been among the town’s leading citizens, comprising notable attorneys, quarry owners, and the first successful oyster... Click for details
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Early Amercan helmet cream jug, Abraham DuBois
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
2216 $875.00
Philadelphia circa 1795, with applied beaded border, square base, sunken center and handle offset to the corners, height 6 3/4 to top of spout; base 2 1/2 inches, weight 5.70 Troy ounces, monogrammed I * A on foot.
There is some rather sloppy soldering on the beaded border beneath the spout (I do not believe this to be a repair) which we show in agonizing detail, see image four, and the overall color indicates that there may have been either a removal or some machine polishing at one... Click for details
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"Hollywood Boulevard at Night".
vintage postcard. California, 1940s
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