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AN AMERICAN SILVER DISH CROSS, SAMUEL TINGLEY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1770-1780
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- marked on two legs ST in script in conforming cartouche.
- length 11 in.
- 28 cm
the burner engraved on one side with foliate initials AUH, the sliding supports pierced with trellis.
Provenance
Mr. Edsel B. Ford, Detroit, MI
Sotheby's New York, January 30, 1991, lot 133
Sotheby's New York, January 30, 1991, lot 133
Exhibited
SAM American Sampler, 2002-2005
Literature
E. Alfred Jones, "The Collection of the Old American Silver of Mr. Edsel B. Ford of Detroit, Part II," Apollo, November 1936, fig. XXIX, p. 268
Condition
good
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.
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.
Catalogue Note
A comparable dish cross but without lamp by Myer Myers is in the John Marshall Phillips Collection at Yale University Art Gallery (Buhler & Hood 1970, no. 660). Martha Gandy Fales notes in Early American Silver, p. 378 that dish crosses were advertised as early as 1763 by Edmund Milne as "ex's, with sliders and lamps for dish stands."