Lot 1306
  • 1306

An American silver salver, maker's mark EB, probably Elias Boudinot of Philadelphia, circa 1750

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • marked EB in a rectangle on surface near border
  • silver
  • diameter 5 5/8 in.
  • 14.3 cm
base engraved M/I*M

Provenance

Jackson/Gillooly, January 1990

Literature

Jack L. Lindsey, Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, 1999, p. 193, no. 243

Condition

extra solder around rim- probably later reinforcement, repairs to feet, otherwise good condition
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