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A GROUP OF RARE SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SERVING PIECES
Lot 49 PROPERTY FROM A PERSONAL COLLECTION OF AMERICAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SILVER

A GROUP OF RARE SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SERVING PIECES

MARK OF WILLIAM B. DURGIN, CONCORD, NH, CIRCA 1900

Closed17 January 2008

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A GROUP OF RARE SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL SERVING PIECES
MARK OF WILLIAM B. DURGIN, CONCORD, NH, CIRCA 1900
Chrysanthemum pattern, comprising two salad forks, a lettuce fork, a pierced server, a jelly spoon, a bonbon spoon and an olive spoon, each stem and bowl with red and white chrysanthemum flowers and green foliage, three with varied monograms, each marked on reverse
16 oz. gross weight (8)

Specialist note


Durgin's chrysanthemum pattern was introduced in 1893. Enameling was available as a custom option, and white flowers and green leaves are more commonly found. Enameled pieces with red and white blossoms with green leaves are far rarer. See William P. Hood Jr. et al., "Flatware by the William B. Durgin Company, Part I: Chrysanthemum", Silver Magazine, May/June 2002, pp. 20-29.