A SILVER ROCOCO REVIVAL PRESENTATION PITCHER OF SOUTHERN INTEREST
A SILVER ROCOCO REVIVAL PRESENTATION PITCHER OF SOUTHERN INTEREST

MAKER'S MARK OF GALE & HUGHES, NEW YORK, 1849

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A SILVER ROCOCO REVIVAL PRESENTATION PITCHER OF SOUTHERN INTEREST
Maker's mark of Gale & Hughes, New York, 1849
Baluster, with spreading circular base, the body with repousse rococo and C-scroll cartouches, one side with inscription, the other vacant, the handle formed as bifurcated branch with twining grapevine; marked under base
11in. high; 26oz. 10dwt.

Lot Essay

The inscription on the side reads: "Presented To Col. Ino. Bonner by James L. Coleman V.S.D. Linton V Co. For the 2nd Best Specimen of 50 Bushels of Wheat exhibited at their Mills in Augusta, Ga. 1849"