Sale 5819
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$800 – $1,200
Each of Classical form, comprising a water pitcher by Davis, Palmer & Co., circa 1840, or the partnership between Julius Aboyneau Palmer (1803-1872), Josiah Giles Batchelder (1815-1882), and Thomas Aspinwall Davis (1798-1845), with scrolled handle and decorated with bands of repoussé floral motifs, on footed base, the front of body with faint trace of inscription, marked to underside; and a creamer by John McMullin, circa 1820, with scrolled handle and decorated with bands of anthemion motifs, engraved with monogram, “RMS,” marked to underside.
H: 10 ¾ in. W: 9 in. D: 6 in. (water pitcher), Total weight: 34.145 oz. t.
From the collection of O.D. Noble.
lot 90: both with some minor tarnish commensurate with age; pitcher: the body with some scattered dings and dents, and evidence of probable monogram removal or enthusiastic polishing where monogram would have been originally (front of body under spout), mild occasional rubbing to surface details; creamer: with some scattered dings and dents to body, and couple dents along base edge, teeters when sitting on surface
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