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an american silver porringer, William Swan, Boston circa 1770
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- length 8 1/2 in.
- 21 1/2 cm
engraved with contemporary initials B over DB flanking leafy trefoil, marked W SWAN in cartouche underside of handle.
Provenance
Sara Greene Art & Antiques, Raleigh, North Carolina (advertised Antiques Magazine, April 1971, p. 507)
Literature
Kane, Patricia E., Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 915.