Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, CHRISTIES, New York, Saturday, January 24, 1987. Sale Code: TOWNSEND 6320
Oil on canvas, 30”x30”, (76.20 x 76.20 cm), 2018.
Wavy Fiddle pattern , each engraved on back of handle with initial D, each marked on back of handle, -8 7/8 in. long (11 oz.). $60-90, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson, Friday, January 27 1995, CHRISTIES, New York. Sale Code: NICHOLSON-8082.
Oil on canvas, 36” x 48”, (91.44 cm x 121.92 cm), 2016. Private collection.
Fiddle, Thread and Shell pattern, unengraved, comprising: twelve dinner knives, twelve dinner forks, twelve lunch knives, twelve lunch forks, twelve tablespoons, twelve desert spoons, twelve cakes forks, twelve cocktail forks, twelve coffee spoons, pair of salad servers, one fish slice, two serving slices, one sugar sifter. 159 ozs. excluding knives. 113 pieces. $6,000-8,000.• 230 A FRENCH SILVER FLATWARE SET, PUIFORCAT, PARIS, EARLY 20th CENTURY, Royale pattern, comprising: twelve butter knives, twelve dinner forks, twelve lunch forks, twelve butter spreaders, twelve fish forks, twelve serving spoons, twelve tablespoons, one serving forks. 154 ozs. Excluding knives. 88 pieces. $6,000-8,000. • 231 A FRENCH SILVER AND SILVER-GILT FLATWARE SET, ODIOT, PARIS, EARLY 20th CENTURY, Fiddle pattern with ribbon-tied reeded border, initialed R, comprising: eighteen dinner knives, eleven lunch knives, twelve fish knives, thirteen soup spoons, twelve cocktail forks, eleven teaspoons, twelve fruit knives, eighteen cake forks (g), pair of salad servers one sauce ladel, one large serving spoon and fork, one cold met fork, one vegetable spoon, pair of grape scissors, twenty four dinner forks, twenty four lunch forks, twelve fish forks, fifteen tablespoons, fifteen butter spreaders, eleven dessert spoons, eighteen coffee spoons (g) six tea knives (g), pair of fish servers, one pie slice, one ice cream slice, one cold meat fork. 362 ozs. Weighable. 245 pieces. $7,000-9,000. Sotheby’s Fine English and Continental Silver and Gold, New York, Friday, October, 1993. Code name: 6481 SANDWICH.
Oil on canvas, 48” x 48”, 2022.
Each with fiddle-thread handle engraved with a coat-of-arms, marked on back of handle -13 ½ long (22 oz.) $700-1,000, FINE AMERICAN FURNITURE, SILVER, FOLK ART AND DECORATIVE ARTS, Saturday, January 24, 1987, CHRISTIE’S, New York (Sale Code: TOWNSEND 6320)
Oil on canvas, 30” x 30”, (76.20 x 76.20 cm), 2018.
• 35 TWO AMERICAN SILVER SERVING SPOONS AND FOUR SOUP LADLES, PENNSYLVANIA, CIRCA 1780–1810, 30 ozs. 6 pieces Length 115/8 in. (29.5 cm) to 14 in. (35.6 cm.) $2,500-3,500; • 36 THREE AMERICAN SILVER SOUP LADLES, CIRCA 1780–1815, 18 ozs. D dwts. 3 pieces Lengths 13 in. (33 cm.), 14½ in. (36.8 cm.), 15 in. (38.1 cm.), $1,500-2,000; • 37 FOUR AMERICAN SILVER TABLESPOONS AND THREE SOUP LADLES, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, CIRCA, 1790; 25 ozs. 2 dwts. 7 pieces. $2,000–2,500, HIGHLY IMPORTANT AMERICANA FROM STANLEY PAUL SAX COLLECTION, January 16th-17th, 1998, SOTHEBY’S, New York (Sale Code: 7087-SAX)
Oil on canvas, 36” x 60”, August, 2018.
The first with a rounded terminal upon which is engraved PAJ, the reverse with a midrib, by Lewis Fueter, circa 1775; a ladle with rounded terminal upon which is engraved a winged spur crest, the reverse with date 1750, by Benjamin Halsted, circa 1780; a feather-edge pattern ladle, the rounded terminal engraved with a contemporary cipher BLP, by John Burger, circa 1790, 19 ozs. 6 dwts. 3 pieces Lengths 14 in. (35.6 cm.); 14 in (35.6 cm.); 13 ½. (34.3 cm.) $1,800-2,400, • 39 Five American Silver Soup Ladles, New York, circa 1750-1790, each with bright-cut handles, the first with pointed terminal monogrammed SHT, by George Schanck, circa 1790; ladle, the pointed terminal with contemporary cypher JSP, by Daniel Bloom Coen, circa 1790; ladle, the pointed terminal with contemporary cipher JED, Thomas D. Dubois, circa 1750; ladle with rounded terminal with monograph BTTE, by Isaac Hutton, Albany, circa 1790; the final ladle with a monogram on the rounded terminal TWB, by Freeman Woods, circa 1790, 31 ozs. 4 dwts. 5 pieces Lengths 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) to 16 ¼ in. (41.3), $2,750-3,250. Highly Important Americana from Stanley Paul Sax Collection, January 16th-17th, 1998, SOTHEBY’S, New York. Sale Code: 7087-SAX.
Oil on canvas, 91.44 cm x 152.4 cm (36” x 60”), 2016. Private collection.
With a slash drop and an oval handle, a midrib on the reverse of handle, monogrammed JCK, marked thrice on reverse of handle JR in a square, 6 ozs. 2 dwt.s $1,000 – 1,500 • 43 AN AMERICAN SILVER BASTING SPOON, JACUB HURD, BOSTON, CIRCA 1750 With a double molded drop, the rounded handle with a midrib, the terminal crested and engraved on the reverse, “A small token of gratitude to one of best Guardians,” marked on reverse HURD within an elongated quarterfoil, 6 ozs. Length 14 ¾in. (37.5 cm.) $5,000 – 7,000 • 44 AN AMERICAN SILVER SOUP LADLE, PAUL REVERE, JR., BOSTON, CIRCA 1780 Of feather-edge pattern, with a fin motif near the joint of the handle and bowl, the rounded terminal with later engraving MW, marked • REVERE, 5 ozs. 5 dwts. Length 13. (33 cm.) According to Carl Williams this is the only ladle known that has a fin motif near the joint of the handle and bowl. Provenance: Mark Bortman $6,000 – 9,000 Highly Important Americana from Stanley Paul Sax Collection, January 16th-17th, 1998, SOTHEBY’S, Publications, New York. Auction: Friday, January 16, 1998 at approximately 2:30 pm; Saturday, January 17, 1998 at 10:15 am and 2 pm. William F. Ruprecht, Principle Auctioneer, License No. 0794917. Sale Code: 7087-SAX.
Oil on canvas, 91.44 cm x 121.92 cm (36” x 48”), August, 2016. Private collection
Of the Onlsow pattern, marked three times on reverse of handle I • H in a rectangle, 6 ozs. 2 dwts. Length 13 in. (33 cm).John Strangeways Hutton is known to have worked in the shop of Joseph Richardson in Philadelphia after 1735. A salver by Hutton is in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Collection (59.2909)Literature:Martha Gandy Fales, Joseph Richardson and Family, Philadelphia Goldsmiths, 1974, see pp. 62-63, 78, 112, 119, 122, 125, 132, 285-87, 295. Ian M. G. Quimby, American Silver at Winterthur, 1995, p. 373, $700-900. • 41 AN AMERICAN SILVER SERVING SPOON, S. COLEY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1770, Of Onslow pattern, with a double-tipped drop, and a fluted fan terminal, the reverse engraved with a contemporary cipher, marked twice on reverse S. Coley in conforming rectangle, 2 ozs. 8 dwts. Length 11 in. (27.9 cm.), $1,000-1,500, Highly Important Americana from Stanley Paul Sax Collection, January 16th-17th, 1998, SOTHEBY’S, New York, Sale Code: 7087-SAX.
Oil on canvas, 36”x36”, framed dimensions: 93.345 cm x 93.345 cm (36.75" x 36.75"), 2017.
• 142 A 356-PIECE SILVER ACANTHUS-PATTERN ASSEMBLED FLATWARE SERVICE. DESIGNED BY JOHAN ROHDE IN 1917; MADE BY GOERGE JENSEN SILVERSMITHY, VARIOUSLY DATED FROM 1919. In two fitted mahogany cases, comprising: Twenty-four table spoons, Twenty-four lunch spoons, Twelve iced tea spoons, Twelve bouillon spoons, Twelve teaspoons, Twenty-four coffee spoons, Twenty-four dinner forks, Twenty-four lunch forks, Twenty-four desert forks, Twenty-four fish forks, Twenty-four dinner knives (steel blades), Twenty-four lunch knives (steel blades), Fourteen fruit knives (steel blades), Ten fruit knives (steel blades), Twenty-four fish knives (steel blades), Twelve lobster picks (steel blades), Six salt spoons, A cold meat fork, Another cold meat fork (steel tines), Three cocktail forks, four smaller cocktail forks, , A lemon fork, Two sugar shovels, Four serving forks, Four serving spoons, A smaller serving spoon, Four sauce ladles, A pair of fish servers, A tart lifter, A cake slice (steel blade), A cheese plane (steel bowl), Two cheese knives (steel blades), A pair of condiment servers, A jam spoon, A jam spoon, Two pairs of sugar tongs, A small serving fork. (weighable silver 396 oz.) $25,000-35,000. Important Furniture, Silver, Books and Decorative Arts from the Collection of William A. McCarty-Cooper, New York Saturday, January 25, 1992. (CHRISTIE’S, ORIOLE-7402.)
Oil on canvas, 91.44 cm x 121.92 cm (36” x 48”), March, 2016. Private collection.
The handle matte-finished, applied with fish and engraved with seagrasss; together with the original paisley-covered silk-lined box; marked -11 in . long (5 oz. 10 dwt.), $1,500-1,800. Highly Important American Furniture, Silver, Folk and Decorative Arts, New York, Friday January 19 and Saturday, January 20, 1990, Christies Publications. Sale Code: CHIPPENDALE 7000
Oil on canvas, 36” x 36”, (91.44 cm x 91.44 cm), 2016. Private collection.
Each with a pointed oval handle and a pointed oval bowl, the handle engraved “W” in script on front and “DL” on back (marks partially-struck), each marked -7 ¼ in. long (3 oz.) (2) $300-400, IMPORTANT AMERICAN FURNITURE, SILVER, FOLK ART AND DECORATIVE ARTS, Saturday, October 21 1989, CHRISTIE’S, New York (Sale Code: RAWSON 6922)
Oil on canvas, 30” x 30”, (76.20 x 76.20 cm), 2018. Private collection
• 406 A FINE SILVER PORRINGER, MAKERS MARK OF PAUL REVERE II, BOSTON, 1781, Circular with slightly flaring rim and pierced keyhole handle, engraved on handle with monogram WMB, the front engraved James Breck From His Grandfather, marked under base and back handle with Buhler mark b. The monogram is that of William and Margaret Breck. Property of DESCENDANTS OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER This porringer in one of a pair ordered by William Breck and described in Paul Revere’s Daybook for April, 1781, v. I, p. 61. The monogram is that of William and Margaret Breck. PROVENANCE William Breck of Boston (b. May 11, 1745; d. 1819) m. Margaret Thomas of Plymouth July, 11, 1771 James Breck of Boston (b. May 9, 1780; d. 1871) m. Martha Burr (b. July 1794) of Croydon, N.H., November 7, 1811 Margaret Ann Breck (daughter of last) m. Hamlet H. Perkins (son of Roger Eliot Perkens (son of last) m , Mary Martindale (daughter of Gen’l John H.) 1874 Mabel Webb (niece of James Breck Perkins) m. Frank Albert Edmands of Wellesly, Massachusettes Lawrence Edmonds (son of last), Dorothy D. Matthew thence by descent $12,000–18,000 Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, New York, Thursday, January 26, 1995, CHRISTIE’S Publications, New York. The Properties of Property from The Collections of The Estate of Mrs. Rodger S. Firestone; The Estate of Carrie Duffy Ward; The Estate of Sarah Asherton Mindenhall; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; Heirs of John Nicolas Brown; Winterthur Museum and from Various Sources. Auction: Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 10:00 am (lots 1-189) and 2:00 pm (lots 190-285: PRINTS), Friday, 27 January 1995 at 10:00 am (lots 286- 419: SILVER) Sale Code: SYNG-8076
Oil on canvas, 36” x 36”, (91.44 cm x 91.44 cm), 2016.
One with indistinct maker’s marks, London, 1987, the body engraved: David; the second, Sterling silver, maker’s mark C.E.A., engraved on the body with the initial E.: the third, Sterling silver, maker’s mark C.E.A. engraved with the initial E., the fourth, Sterling Silver, numbered 744, engraved: Happy Anniversary 6-3-45. The date of 6th June, 1945, on the last whistle in this lot refers to the eighth wedding anniversary of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. (4) SF 700 – 900. The Jewels of the Late Duchess of Windsor sold for the benefit of the Pasteur Institute, April 2-3, 1987, SOTHEBY’S. Sale Code: ‘WINDSOR’
Oil on canvas, 91.44 cm x 91.44 cm (36” x 36”), 2016.