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Lot 1253
Sale 1060 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1001-1304
Sep 14, 2022
10:00AM ET
Lots 1305-1582
Sep 15, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$10,000 -
20,000
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$10,625
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Lot Description
A Kentucky State Agricultural Society Coin Silver Presentation Pitcher
William Adams, New York, Circa 1850s
engraved on front Presented By The / Ky State Ag Society / and Spratt Bourn & Co. at their / Tobacco Exhibition / May 25th 1859 / John Clements.
stamped W. Adams / New York on underside of foot.
15 ozt 2 dwt
Height 10 inches (at handle).
The Kentucky State Agricultural Society, chartered by the legislature in 1856, awarded cash premiums and silver cups, etc. for livestock, farm production, agricultural implements and machinery, as such "to arrouse a feeling of State pride" and to consistently showcase and improve the state's most productive industry - agriculture. There were several tobacco awards offered in 1859 by the society and by Spratt Bourne & Co., a company who leased a Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco warehouse for sellers.
stamped W. Adams / New York on underside of foot.
15 ozt 2 dwt
Height 10 inches (at handle).
The Kentucky State Agricultural Society, chartered by the legislature in 1856, awarded cash premiums and silver cups, etc. for livestock, farm production, agricultural implements and machinery, as such "to arrouse a feeling of State pride" and to consistently showcase and improve the state's most productive industry - agriculture. There were several tobacco awards offered in 1859 by the society and by Spratt Bourne & Co., a company who leased a Louisville, Kentucky, tobacco warehouse for sellers.