A PAIR OF AMERICAN PUNCHED BRASS AND WROUGHT IRON SKIMMERS, CIRCA 1840 AND BEFORE |

handle of one inscribed M*S 1840 W*S.

Florene Maine Antiques, Ridgefield Connecticut Vogel Collection no. NVN22.

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