Lot 3246
  • 3246

An American Silver Creamer, Thomas Dane, Boston, circa 1755

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base T.DANE in an oval (Kane mark A)
  • Silver
  • height 3 1/2 in.
  • 8.2cm
of pear form, chased with a shellwork cartouche later engraved with script monogram MWF and flanked by chased sprays of fruit, shells and scrolling foliage, with shaped rim and capped double-scroll handle, raised on three scroll supports terminating in pad feet, underside later engraved Margaret Whitwell to M.W. Foster

Provenance

Margaret Whitwell, to
M.W. Foster
Sold, Sotheby's New York 23-24 June 1994, lot 108

Literature

Kane, Patricia E., Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers, 1998, p. 365

Condition

repair under spout, as noted re later monogram, feet pushed in a little, otherwise good
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