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AN AMERICAN SILVER MIXED-METAL BOWL
Lot 284

AN AMERICAN SILVER MIXED-METAL BOWL

MARK OF WHITING MFG., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880

Fermé21 January 2022

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AN AMERICAN SILVER MIXED-METAL BOWL
MARK OF WHITING MFG., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Circular with spot-hammered surface and raised on three ball feet, the exterior applied with a realistically modeled crab with copper shell, and a shell and snail both against engraved foliage, gilt interior, marked on underside and numbered 904B
8 1⁄2 in. (21.5 cm.) long, over crab
23 oz. 4 dwt. (722 gr.)

Note du spécialiste

Another example of this model sold at Christie's, New York, 16 June 1999, lot 55. Further, a footed centerpiece bowl by Whiting Mfg. Co. applied with a similar crab sold as Property of the Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust, Christie's, New York, 23 January 2009, lot 64.