$395.00
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...
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Baluster form, it has a beaded base with smaller beading encircling the top rim...
$1,275.00
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...
$165.00
It is stamped on the underside "Currier & Trott," along with "Coin," for the Boston partnership of jewelers and watchmakers with dates from the mid 1820s to the mid 1850s.
The style of this suggests it traces to the 1840s...
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This piece, stamped "Sheperd & Boyd" with some blurring of the "Boyd," is a choice 3 1/2" tall, 3" top diameter, 4.7 T. oz. beaker. It is fully original, i.e. not converted or adapted from a mug as some handless cups are.
Similar pieces are held at the Met and the Clark Museums as well as in other collections...