Lot 1326
  • 1326

An American silver cup, Samuel Vernon, Newport, RI, circa 1725

Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • marked SV over a device in a heart to left of handle
  • silver
  • height 2 in.
  • 5 cm
base engraved with block initials C/I*S, front later engraved JBT / PRN / ABG

Provenance

Cornelius C. Moore, sold
Sotheby's, New York, January 31, 1986, lot 11

Exhibited

Rhode Island Historical Society, January 1961, #11
Point Association of Newport RI, July 21, 1962, #6
Newtown College of the Sacred Heart, March 10, 1963, #54
Salve Regina College, Newport, RI, April 17, 1964, #54
The New England Silversmith Museum of Art School and Design, Oct 23-Nov 28, 1965
St. Julia's Women's Club, Weaton, MA, April 25, 1966, #40

Literature

American Silver 1670-1830, The Moore Collection at Providence College, p. 46, #3, illus. p. 47

Condition

as noted re. later engraving, otherwise good condition
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