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- Sale 3334
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| Philadelphia
Nov 10 | 6:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 3334
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$1,500 – $2,500
Enamel and gilt-decorated, representing various jobs in the following general categories: retail, skilled labor, and administration; each variously labeled with the following names: A.B. Williams, M.M. Seidl, Charles Reicher, T.M. Stanger, Otto Huppen, Benj. Horner, and Clyde Lunger; some cups marked to undersides by the following makers: A. Kern/ B.S. Co./ St. Louis, T&V/ France, and B. Gormen; and some signed by painters: "J. Ritter."
H: 4 in. Dia: 3 3/4 in. (tallest)Note
The cup labeled "M.M. Seidl" refers to Maximillion (Max) Michel Sidl (Seidl), an immigrant from Austria or Germany who settled outside of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. He was born around 1870 (the 1910 U.S. Census lists his birth year as 1873), and died in 1926. Married to Theresa Seidl, he fathered at least four children. Max started his own business, a shoe store called Seidl Shoes. This lot is accompanied by a period photograph showing Maximilion in his shop-- he is on the right.
Provenance
Property of a Prominent Pennsylvania Collector.
