Lot 509
  • 509

A RARE AMERICAN SILVER CADDY SPOON, SAMUEL WILLIAMSON, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1795

Estimate
600 - 800 USD
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Description

  • marked back of handle WILLIAMSON in a rounded rectangle.
  • length 2 7/8 in.
  • 7.3 cm
shell-form bowl, the handle with bright-cut border and engraved with foliate initials HHW.

Provenance

Jonathan Trace, February 1990

Condition

good
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