Lot 1278
  • 1278

An American silver galleried sugar bowl and cover, John Le Tellier, Philadelphia, circa 1785

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • marked LeTeLier in rectangle on base
  • silver
  • height 7 in.
  • 17.8 cm
engraved RH on base rim

Provenance

Robert S. Stuart, Philadelphia
Jonathan Trace, February 1993

Condition

a little bright, small repair to foot, ? date of finial, otherwise good
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