Sotheby's
Important American Folk Art, Furniture and Silver Including the Gary Gold Dinner Service
2005 | USA
Lot 15 | VARIOUS OWNERS A SILVER CREAMER AND COVERED SUGAR BOWL, BENJAMIN BARTON, JR., ALEXANDRIA,
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VARIOUS OWNERS A SILVER CREAMER AND COVERED SUGAR BOWL, BENJAMIN BARTON, JR., ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, CIRCA 1835
bombé rectangular with die-rolled border of roses and leaves, the harp-haped handles ending in animal heads, bud finial, engraved with script monogram JDW, marked on base B.BARTON in rectangle
CATALOGUE NOTE
Born in Alexandria, Benjamin Barton Jr. (1803-1887) worked under his father, then his brother before setting up his own shop in 1834. A daguerreotype of Barton (in top hat) and another of his shop on King Street were included in Catherine B. Hollan's exhibition In the Neatest, Most Fashionable Manner: Three Centuries of Alexandria Silver (nos. 98, 105).
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Auction House
Sotheby's
Auction Title
Important American Folk Art, Furniture and Silver Including the Gary Gold Dinner Service
Auction Date
2005
