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AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER
Lot 263 PROPERTY OF HSH PRINCESS MARIE-LOUISE RADZIWILL

AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER

MARK OF SHEPHERD & BOYD, ALBANY, CIRCA 1815

Closed22 May 2008

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AN AMERICAN SILVER WATER PITCHER
MARK OF SHEPHERD & BOYD, ALBANY, CIRCA 1815
Vase form, on circular foot, with wide neck band and angular handle, the detachable domed cover surmounted by a ball finial, the body engraved with monograms JMVS and RFEB, marked under base
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; 17 oz. 10 dwt. (555 gr.)

Col. John Van Schaick (1776-1820) of Albany and Margaret Bleecker (1776-1878)
Elisa Van Schaick, daughter, married Simeon de Witt Bloodgood
Robert Fanshaw Bloodgood, son, married Elise Pirson
John Van Schaick Bloodgood, son, married distinguished equestrian and author Lida Louise Fleitmann
Lida Lacey Bloodgood, daughter, married HSH Prince Dominick Radziwill in 1948
HSH Princess Marie-Louise Radziwill, daughter, sculptress