Lot 349
  • 349

American silver punch strainer, Myer Myers, New York, circa 1765

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • marked on handle twice MM in rectangle, probably Barquist, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, mark 6, p. 254
  • silver
  • length 4 3/4 in.
  • 12 cm
circular, pierced in a rosette, the front with initials N/IF, loss to one side where a clip tore out, mounted above loss with openwork handle

Condition

as noted re. loss to side- rim is also split there, side with 1/2 inch gash, several small dents and dings throughout
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