Important Americana, including Silver, Flags, Folk Art & Furniture
Catalogue Information: 286 lots | 285 with images
Date: 2002
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER FIVE-PIECE TEA SET WITH MATCHING TWO-HANDLED TRAY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
comprising: Teapot, Coffee Pot, covered Sugar Bowl, WasteBowl, and Sugar Tongs, all embossed with bamboo on mattedgrounds, the Tray with cut corners and cast bambooborder
Lot 2: A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER EWER, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
baluster form embossed and chased with clashing armiesbefore a walled structure, the hinged cover with aparade with dragon, dragon handle and openwork finial,the shield-shaped reserve with Russian inscription,apparently unmarked [...more]
Lot 3: A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER GOBLETS, EDWARD C. MOORE FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1870
the frosted surfaced engraved and bright-cut with a bandof Gothic interlace on worked ground above die-rolledmidband, engraved monogram ACS, gilt interiors, markedon bases Tiffany & Co. Union Square and numbered1683-5257
Lot 3A: AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER, EDWARD C. MOORE FOR TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1865
the baluster body with band of scrolling grapevineframing a bacchante and companion on matted ground,similar decoration under spout, the rope-twist handleending in a female mask with leaves in her hair,marked on base and numbered 1511-4308
Lot 4: A SET OF FOURTEEN AMERICAN SILVER PLACE PLATES, S. KIRK & SON CO., BALTIMORE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the wide borders embossed with castles and villas in alandscape including a hunter and dog, a milkmaid, and aboat on a lake, the centers with engraved script monogramLMCT and the backs with "Louise McClure Tinsley" andnumbered, marked on ba [...more]
