Live Auction 2645A Taste for Luxury: Two Great Houses from America's Gilded Age
TWO AMERICAN SILVER-GILT TROPHY URNS
Lot 1226

TWO AMERICAN SILVER-GILT TROPHY URNS

CIRCA 1949

Closed21 June 2012

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USD 4,000

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TWO AMERICAN SILVER-GILT TROPHY URNS
CIRCA 1949
Each of urn form on circular pedestal foot, with two side handles formed as entwined serpents, the body with acanthus leaf calyx and drapery swags, the cover with conforming decoration and finial, each with ribbed spout with acanthus leaf shaped ivory or wood finial, marked Sterling Silver on base, each with detachable marble plinth with silver plaque
13 in. (33 cm.) high; 102 oz. 10 dwt. (3,193 gr.) gross weight (2)

Christie's, New York, 17 January 2008, lot 217

Specialist note

The silver plaque reads:

The Jersey Stakes, $30,000 Added, 3-Year-Olds One Mile and a Quarter, Won by Bieber's King Jolie, B C 3 Platter Jaconda, Garden State Park, May 31, 1952; The Jersey Stakes, $50,000 Added, Three-Year-Olds 1 Miles, Won By Isidore Bieber's Palestinian, Ch.C. By Sun Again-Dolly Whisk, Garden State Park, May 28, 1949