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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.
AN AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOX
MARK OF WILLIAMS NICHOLS, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1810
Details
AN AMERICAN SILVER-MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOX
MARK OF WILLIAMS NICHOLS, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1810
Of typical form, silver mount with scalloped rim, hinged cover engraved with wrigglework border and monogram JPG, marked interior of cover NICHOLS in a rectangle
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) long
MARK OF WILLIAMS NICHOLS, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1810
Of typical form, silver mount with scalloped rim, hinged cover engraved with wrigglework border and monogram JPG, marked interior of cover NICHOLS in a rectangle
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) long
Literature
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1820, 1954, p. 187.
Sale room notice
Please note that the date of this lot has been revised to circa 1810.
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