Lot 4015
  • 4015

An American silver "Gaming" flagon, Starr & Marcus, New York, NY, circa 1870

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked on base
  • silver
  • height 13 1/8 in.
  • 33.3 cm
the front applied with four cards engraved with the four suits, lower body applied with a club, heart, diamond and spade between the girdles, scroll handle with heart terminal, hinged cover with a fully-modeled bust of a sixteenth-century figure holding a club

Condition

body and cover with a few minor creases and dings, otherwise good condition
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