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Lot 183
Sale 5423 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 13, 2012
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$4,250
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
An impressive coin silver centerpiece gorham mfg. co., providence, ri, circa 1865, retailed j.v. tucker & co., san francis
The urn-form body with egg and dart rim, the shoulders with applied horse-riding accoutrements supporting free-moving double ring handles and flanked by engraved scrolling flowers, raised on spreading circular foot continuing to rectangular base surmounted by a pair of putti atop recumbent hippocamps, one side inscribed, "D.O.M Sept. 5th, 1867" above griffin's head crest.
H: 12 in. Weight: 102 troy oz.