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Lot 149
Sale 5980 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2022
7:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$945
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A group of four Federal silver spoons John David, Sr. (1736-1798), Philadelphia, PA, William Garret Forbes (1751-1840), New York, NY, John Sayre (1771-1852), Southhampton, NY, and William Stoddard Nichols (1785-1871), circa 1790-1810
Comprising a tablespoon by John David, Sr., circa 1790, with bird-back bowl, bright-cut decoration, navette reserve to handle end engraved, "LGT," marked; a William Garret Forbes tablespoon, circa 1800, with drop to bowl back, bright-cut decoration, navette reserve to handle end engraved, "AVH," marked; a John Sayre tablespoon, circa 1796, with drop to bowl back, bright-cut decoration, navette reserve to handle end engraved, "R/ D*M," marked; and a William Stoddard Nichols teaspoon, circa 1810, with coffin end engraved, "L/ P*W," marked.
W: 1 3/4 in. L: 9 3/4 in. (longest), Total weight: 6.385 oz. t.