Lot 442
  • 442

An AMERICAN SILVER BASKET, HENDRICK R. TRUAX, ALBANY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1810

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on handle twice H.R.T. in serrated rectangle.
  • silver
  • length 12 1/8 in.
  • 30.8 cm
with die-rolled foliate borders, applied with leaves at the angle, underside of swing handle engraved James and Mary Lagrange in script.

Provenance

Jackson/Gillooly, February 2000

Condition

good
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Catalogue Note

Mary, wife of James LaGrange, was admitted to the First Presbyterian Church of Albany in April, 1808.