Gorham Coin Silver Covered Sugar Bowl

Description:

Gorham Coin Silver Covered Sugar Bowl, Providence, c. 1860, oval form with bail handle and scrolled cartouches to an engine-turned ground, with faint engraving to one cartouche, ht. 7 3/4 in., approx. 13.2 troy oz.
Estimate $200-400

Both lid and body dented shallowly to edge, each slightly out of round (unobtrusive),lid does not sit well. Two dents to body along monogrammed cartouche. Light surface wear and some scattered pinprick dents.


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