PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF IRIS SCHWARTZ
American silver sauceboat, Myer Myers, New York, circa 1750-1765
LOT SOLD.
22,500 USD
Details & Cataloguing
Important Americana
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New York
New York
American silver sauceboat, Myer Myers, New York, circa 1750-1765
with shaped rim, raised on three scroll and hoof feet headed by shields, leaf-capped double-scroll handle, engraved on base B/TP
marked on base Myers in shaped rectangle, and with engraved weight 25 3/4 oz [for the original pair]
length 7 1/4 in.
18.4 cm
12 oz 16 dwt
398 g
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marked on base Myers in shaped rectangle, and with engraved weight 25 3/4 oz [for the original pair]
length 7 1/4 in.
18.4 cm
12 oz 16 dwt
398 g
Provenance
Thomas and Phebe Barnes, New York, thence by descent,
Sold, Christie's, New York, 12 June 1982, lot 46
Sold, Christie's, New York, 12 June 1982, lot 46
Literature
Barquist, David L., Myer Myers, Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York, 2001, no. 6, p. 85.
Catalogue Note
Barquist notes that Thomas and Phebe Barnes could have been very significant early patrons of Myers, if all of the objects with corresponding initials were owned by them. These include this sauce boat and its now unlocated pair, a punch bowl at the New York Historical Society (Barquist no. 7), a smaller bowl also in the 1982 sale (Barquist 53), and a sauce spoon (Barquist 41).
Thomas Barnes was commander of the sloop Elizabeth, which allowed opportunities for privateering as well as legitimate trade. Barquist records that by his death, Barnes owned several slaves, a house and lots on Cherry Street in New York, another house on twenty acres in Westchester, and woodlands on Throgs Neck.
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