Lot 446
  • 446

American silver soup tureen and cover and matching pair of vegetable dishes and covers, S. Kirk & Son, Baltimore, MD, late 19th century

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases, soup tureen numbered 2230
  • silver
  • length of soup tureen over handles 13 3/4 in.; length of vegetable dishes over handles 12 3/4 in.
  • 35 cm; 32.5 cm
richly chased with flowers and foliage, matching handles and finial, on scroll feet headed by acanthus, bases engraved with Gothic initial M

Condition

traces of lacquer, each vegetable dish with two feet pushed slightly into body and the soup tureen with one, interiors with minor creases/dings, otherwise good
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