Lot Essay
An identical syphon by Marquand is in the collection of the Winterthur Museum, illustrated in Martha Gandy Fales, American Silver in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1958, fig. 132.
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A SILVER WINE SYPHON
MAKER'S MARK OF FREDERICK MARQUAND, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1830
Of typical form, mounted with a cylindrical pump with ivory knob, the tap with a scalloped handle, marked on tap handle, marked--15in. long; together with a silver feeding straw, circa 1800, scroll-form with a clip, the top engraved J.W. Putnam--5in. long (29)
MAKER'S MARK OF FREDERICK MARQUAND, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1830
Of typical form, mounted with a cylindrical pump with ivory knob, the tap with a scalloped handle, marked on tap handle, marked--15in. long; together with a silver feeding straw, circa 1800, scroll-form with a clip, the top engraved J.W. Putnam--5in. long (29)