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A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SAUCE BOATS AND STANDS, THOMAS FLETCHER, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1830-35
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- marked on bases T.FLETCHER / PHILAD.
- length of stand 11 in.
- 28 cm
crested below spouts and on centers of stands, one stand later engraved below crest "SCP 1877 to ABP 1895" and on base "Anne R. P. Burroughs - 1855. / Sarah C. Kennard - 1877 / Anne B. Pierce - 1895."
Provenance
Mark Wentworth Peirce and Margaret Sparhawk Peirce, to their niece
Sarah Coffin Peirce, to Anne Burroughs Peirce
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 19, 1976, lot 586 (single example with initials)
Elizabeth Feld
Hirschl & Adler, New York, January 1999
These sauce boats and the matching pair in a private collection are part of the large group of silver ordered by the Peirces of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from Thomas Fletcher during the 1820s and 1830s. After a shipment of 1833, the silversmith wrote Peirce, "I hope it will arrive safely & meet your approbation... your further consideration will meet prompt attention" (Fennimore and Wagner, p. 207).
Sarah Coffin Peirce, to Anne Burroughs Peirce
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 19, 1976, lot 586 (single example with initials)
Elizabeth Feld
Hirschl & Adler, New York, January 1999
These sauce boats and the matching pair in a private collection are part of the large group of silver ordered by the Peirces of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from Thomas Fletcher during the 1820s and 1830s. After a shipment of 1833, the silversmith wrote Peirce, "I hope it will arrive safely & meet your approbation... your further consideration will meet prompt attention" (Fennimore and Wagner, p. 207).
Exhibited
Baltimore, 1993: Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840. Baltimore Museum of Art, June 27-September 26, 1993; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, November 20, 1993-March 13, 1994; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 1-July 24, 1994, no. 139.
Fletcher and Gardiner, 2007 no. 66 (part)
Literature
Newton W. Elwell, Colonial Silverware of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Boston, George H. Polley & Co., 1899, pl. 16 (one of this model)
Katharine Morrison McClinton, Collecting 19th Century American Silver, New York, Bonanza Books, 1968, p. 38 (one of this model, with Gebelein Silversmiths)
Wendy A. Cooper, Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1993, no. 139, p. 181 (Collection Elizabeth Feld)
Condition
good
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.