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A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPPERS

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A PAIR OF SUGAR NIPPERS
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN BALL, CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, 1750-1760

Scissor-form, the join engraved with flowerheads, with shell tips, the loop handles engraved M and S, marked with Buhler mark a--4 3/4in. long
(1 oz.) (2)

拍品專文

A nearly identical pair also by Ball is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is illustrated in Kathryn C. Buhler, American Silver, Boston, 1972, no. 243, p. 290.