Lot 621
  • 621

AN AMERICAN SILVER PEPPER BOX, SAMUEL VERNON, NEWPORT, RI, CIRCA 1720

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base SV in heart.
  • height 3 3/8 in.
  • 8.5 cm
octagonal tankard form with scroll handle, cover pierced with foliate motifs.

Provenance

Jackson/Gillooly, September 1985

Exhibited

Seattle Art Museum, 1991-96

Condition

minor repairs to molding on cover, otherwise good
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