Lot 546
  • 546

AN AMERICAN SILVER SUGAR BOWL AND COVER, JOHN ADAM JR., ALEXANDRIA, VA, CIRCA 1800-1815

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • marked twice on base rim JA in script in oval.
  • silver
  • height 9 in.
  • 22.8 cm
the front engraved with contemporary foliate monogram.

Provenance

Jackson/Gillooly, October 1985

Exhibited

Alexandria, VA; In the Neatest Most Fashionable Taste; Three Centuries of Alexandria Silver, August 1994-February 1995, no. 69

Literature

Catherine B. Hollan, Virginia Silversmiths, p. 8

Condition

minor dings, overall good
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