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Lot 158
Sale 5980 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Nov 15, 2022
7:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$4,000 -
6,000
Lot Description
An Impressive Sterling Presentation Wine Cooler J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, PA, Dated "1907"
Of urn form, one side ornamented with the applied presentation, "Heres To Andrew Wheeler/ Fill Him Up A Full Glass / And At The Same Time/ Don't Forget His True Love," above the names, "Arthur L. Wheeler, Alfred T. Baker, Richard M. Elliot, C. Hartman Kuhn, Robert G. Le Conte, Clarence A. Lewis, D. Pearson Pearce, Benjamin B. Reath, Alexander Van Rensellaer, Charles Wheeler, Herbert Wheeler S. Bowman Wheeler, and Walter S. Wheeler:" the verso with applied panel engraved with the opening musical measures of the bridal march from Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin, above the entwined initials "AW and JP," and a panoply of musical instruments.