01-11-201401-11-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2698BBoston
January 11, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Eight Infant and Invalid Silver Items

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$3,198$2,600
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2698BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 11, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Eight Infant and Invalid Silver Items, most London, four Gibson patent-style medicine spoons: three London: two Charles Gibson, 1828-29 and 1829-30, one 1828-29, maker's mark "CR," the fourth with unidentified marks; two unmarked feeding tubes or straws with presentation engravings, a food pusher with turned wood handle, 1803-04, Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson, maker; and engraved Georgian feeding spoon with rubbed maker's mark; approx. 10.1 total troy oz.

Provenance: The Estate of Charles P. Fisher.
Estimate $400-600

All with minor usage wear abrasions, one invalid feeder (unidentified marks) with dents throughout and corrosion to seam. One feeding straw with minor dents to the edge of the mouth. Food pusher with slight dent.


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Keywords

London, Charles Gibson, food pusher, Thomas Phipps, Charles P. Fisher