Lot 36
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A RARE SILVER SUGAR BOWL AND CREAM-JUG

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A RARE SILVER SUGAR BOWL AND CREAM-JUG
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM MITCHELL, JR. AND MITCHELL & TYLER, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, CIRCA 1847

Each vase-shaped, with die-rolled borders of acanthus and bellflower, on a spreading circular foot, each engraved with an inscription dated 1847, each marked--cream-jug 7-5/8in. high
(31 oz.) (2)

Lot Essay

The inscription on each reads "Presented to the Reverend Wm. S. Phimer D.D. by the Ladies of the 1st Presbyterian Church Richmond Jany 1847."

In 1845, William Mitchell sold his business to his brother, Samuel P. Mitchell and John H. Tyler, who formed the firm Mitchell & Tyler.