Lot 530
  • 530

AN AMERICAN SILVER SUGAR BOWL AND COVER, JOSEPH ANTHONY, JR., PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1785

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base three times JA italics in rectangle.
  • height 6 7/8 in.
  • 17.4 cm
beaded borders, cover with flame finial.

Provenance

Robert S. Stuart, Philadelphia
Jonathan Trace, February 1993

Exhibited

Philadelphia Museum of Art: Philadelphia Silver 1682-1800, April 14 - May 17, 1965, 

Literature

Philadelphia Silver 1682-1800; The Philadelphia Museum Bulletin vol. LI, #249, Spring 1956, check list #12

Condition

good, slightly bright
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Catalogue Note

Portraits by Gilbert Stuart - a cousin- of Joseph Anthony and his wife are at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (see previous page).