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AN AMERICAN SILVER CASTER
Lot 381 PROPERTY FROM THE WUNSCH COLLECTION

AN AMERICAN SILVER CASTER

MARK OF STEPHEN EMERY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1770

Closed19 January 2024

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AN AMERICAN SILVER CASTER
MARK OF STEPHEN EMERY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1770
Baluster form on a circular foot, the pierced lift-off cover engraved with panels of stylized leaves spaced by panels of lattice and with baluster finial, engraved on the body with script monogram E.S.F., and with later engraving L*2 above, marked on underside SE in a shaped rectangle (Kane mark E or F)
5 3⁄8 in. (13.6 cm.) high
2 oz. 12 dwt. (81 gr.)

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Stephen Emery (1749-1801) was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, and received his training with Daniel Parker in Boston. Following the completion of his training in 1770, Emery remained working in Parker's shop before becoming a freeman in 1776.