Discovery
Description:
Assorted Group of Sterling Silver Tableware, including two International julep cups, a Kirk coin silver repousse coffeepot, a Towle cake plate, a Wooley dish, a Reed & Barton sauceboat and undertray, a small square Arthur Stone dish, a round Shreve, Crump & Low tray, a Gorham shell-form dish, a Tuttle "Exemplar Paul de Lamerie London 1712" scalloped footed dish, a Watson tea strainer, a set of three reticulated nut dishes, and a Gorham picture frame, approx. 88.0 troy oz. weighable silver.
Estimate $400-600
Frame good. Coffeepot: finial loose, repair near foot visible from inside. Reed & Barton sauceboat bent near handle, scratches to underplate. Foot of one nut dish pushed in. Small dent near rim of Shreve tray. Small dings to juleps. Strainer dented.
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