ATTRIBUTED TO BLACK, STARR AND FROST, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
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A SILVER-MOUNTED GLASS CANOE-FORM BUTTER DISH
ATTRIBUTED TO BLACK, STARR AND FROST, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1880
Realistically modelled as a canoe, the silver ends chased as birchbark, one side with a pair of feathers, the glass body etched as birchbark, marked on base
9½ in. long
Lot Essay
Another butter dish, marked Black, Starr & Frost, sold in these Rooms, 20-21 January 2006, lot 93.
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