Lot 413
  • 413

American silver salad bowl with matching servers, Whiting Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, circa 1883

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases and stamped with retailer Theodore B. Starr, the bowl numbered 1146, the servers 34
  • silver
  • diameter 11 3/8 in.
  • 29 cm
on four scroll feet, the sides acid etched and applied with scrolls, applied with dandelions in various stages of bloom on three sides, gilt interior, matching salad servers with twisted handles chased with dandelions, all with foliate monogram EHH?

Condition

gilding rubbed on servers and at high spots of rim of bowl, bowl with a small dent to rim and a few creases and surface scratches to interior, overall good condition
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