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Arthur Stone floral three piece salad serving set
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Pre 2000 stock# 2003
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
PHONE: 978.635.8089
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Arthur Stone's greatness as a silversmith rests fundamentally on his love of nature and his powers of observation, combined with the prodigious technique needed to recreate what he saw, in the metal. Chickering mentions that even as an apprentice working ten hour days, he found time for "strenuous hikes in the surrounding countryside that kept him physically fit," but such strolls also gave the young artist a chance to observe and appreciate the flowers and other natural forms wh ...click for details
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Franklin Porter buckwheat cake lifter
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Pre 2000 stock# 1991
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
PHONE: 978.635.8089
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length 8 1/2 inches, weight 1.79 oz. Troy, excellent condition, no monogram. Over the years, we've bought and sold many pieces of flatware by this silversmith. Though his quality is consistently good, from a design perspective the work tends to be a bit stodgy. This piece is an exception, and we'd strongly recommend it to represent Porter's work in any collection.
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Codman & Codman fruit bowl number 155
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Pre 2000 stock# 1990
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Bruce Cherner Antique Silver
PHONE: 978.635.8089
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length 13 1/2; width 11; height 2 1/4 inches, in classic Art Nouveau form with embossed cherries along undulating border, no monogram, excellent condition though currently a bit bright (we're not responsible for this sin, alas...), weight 27 oz. Troy. Those who unlike Yours Truly have long strong memories may recall a similar example which we helped place in the Gorham collection at RISD (see Silver Magazine, March/April '98, p. 18). This one is a bit better, we think. But why let m ...click for details
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