A SUITE OF THREE AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS CONDIMENT DISHES
MARK OF BLACK, STARR, & FROST, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Each formed as a canoe, the silver mounts at the bow and stern chased and engraved to simulate birch bark and with two feathers to one tip, one with one end engraved with monogram RKC, two with smooth glass bodies etched to further simulate birch bark, the third with the diamond pattern cut-glass body, marked on mounts
9 5⁄8 in. (24.4 cm.) long
A SUITE OF THREE AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS CONDIMENT DISHES
MARK OF BLACK, STARR, & FROST, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Each formed as a canoe, the silver mounts at the bow and stern chased and engraved to simulate birch bark and with two feathers to one tip, one with one end engraved with monogram RKC, two with smooth glass bodies etched to further simulate birch bark, the third with the diamond pattern cut-glass body, marked on mounts
9 5⁄8 in. (24.4 cm.) long