Lot 1314
  • 1314

An American silver salver, Koenraet Ten Eyck, Albany, NY, circa 1745

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on top near border K TE conjoined in rectangle, base with scratch weight 13oz 8
  • silver
  • diameter 6 3/4 in.
  • 17.1 cm
of heavy weight, scalloped border with alternating shells and masks, on three scroll feet

Provenance

Argentum Antiques, San Francisco, September 1981

Exhibited

Seattle Art Museum, 1991-96

Literature

Treasury of Old Silver, edited by Kurt M. Semon, 1947, illus. p. 52 with the comment 'one of a pair'
Book of Old Silver by Seymour B. Wyler, 1937, illus, no. 15 following page 116

Condition

engraved masks rubbed, overall good
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