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A SILVER BRAZIER
Lot 71 PROPERTY OF A DESCENDANT OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER

A SILVER BRAZIER

MARK OF SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1740

Closed21 April 2016

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A SILVER BRAZIER
MARK OF SIMEON SOUMAINE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1740
Circular, on three pad feet and with baluster wood handle, engraved under base with monogram PK, further engraved on the front To My little Darling from her Grandpapa July 29 1857, marked under base
8 ¾ in. (22.5 cm.) long; 5 oz. 10 dwt. (181 gr.) gross weight

Peter Koch (b. 1707 in Sweden, moved to New York c. 1737, d. 1747 in Philadelphia)
Anna Christina (1735-1795) daughter, m. Stephen Carmick (1718-1776), Philadelphia
Anna (1757-1827), daughter, m. James Horatio Watmough (1754-1812), Hope Lodge, Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania
John Goddard Watmough (1793-1861), son, m. Ellen Coxe (1799-1831), Hope Lodge, Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania
Katherine (1829-1859), daughter, m. Edward Swift Buckley (1827-1910), Philadelphia
Edward Swift Jr. Buckley (1858-1883), son, m. Charlotte Carter, Philadelphia
Edward Swift III Buckley (1884-1968) son, Wayne, Delaware
Edward Swift IV Buckley (b. 1925),Wilmington, Delaware, thence by descent