Lot Essay
The arms are those of Benjamin Franklin Dawson, merchant, of New York. (These arms were granted to Dawson, according to Burke's General Armory, 1984, rpt. p. 169.)
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A SILVER PITCHER
MAKER'S MARK OF BALDWIN GARDINER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1830
Faceted vase-shaped, the shoulder bright-cut engraved with stylized foliage and reeded scallops, with angular handle, the rim applied with a die-rolled band of leaves on a reeded ground, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto, marked--7 3/4in. high
(31 oz. 10 dwt.)
MAKER'S MARK OF BALDWIN GARDINER, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1830
Faceted vase-shaped, the shoulder bright-cut engraved with stylized foliage and reeded scallops, with angular handle, the rim applied with a die-rolled band of leaves on a reeded ground, the side engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto, marked--7 3/4in. high
(31 oz. 10 dwt.)