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Lot 299
Sale 6332 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 29, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$5,440
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
An Impressive Early Renaissance Revival Sterling Silver Repousse "Gilmor" Ewer
Samuel Kirk (active 1815-1872), Baltimore, Maryland, Circa 1840
allover decorated with registers of floral motifs, shells, leafage, and acanthus, the central band centered by reserve engraved with monogram, "NFS" (?), flanked by a depiction of a merman spearing a large sea monster, the opposite side also with a reserve, flanked by two dolphins, the spout with masque, marked to underside, "SAML. KIRK/ 11 OZ."
Height 12 3/4 x width 8 1/2 x depth 5 1/2 inches, Weight: 37.315 oz. t.