Lot 1268
  • 1268

An American silver galleried sugar urn and cover, John McMullin, Philadelphia, circa 1795

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

  • marked I McMULLIN in a rectangle on base rim
  • silver
  • height 10 1/2 in.
  • 26.7 cm
beaded borders and pineapple finial, front engraved with a crest, base later engraved M.J.B. / 1883

Provenance

Jackson/Gillooly, March 1983

Condition

cover with slight splitting at seams, otherwise good
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