Lot Essay
Skewer holders inlaid with the owners initials and the date in brass are extremely rare. For related examples without inlay, see Peter Herbert Schiffer, Antique Iron (Pennsylvania, 1979), p.225.
Details
A BRASS INLAID WROUGHT IRON SKEWER HOLDER AND SKEWERS
PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1806
The baluster shaped plate flanked by ram's horn hook inlaid with the initials "E.R." and the date 1806; together with two wrought iron skewers--6½in. long
PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1806
The baluster shaped plate flanked by ram's horn hook inlaid with the initials "E.R." and the date 1806; together with two wrought iron skewers--6½in. long
Provenance
Walter Himmelreich
Pennypacker Auction Center, Reading, PA, October 4, 1971
Pennypacker Auction Center, Reading, PA, October 4, 1971