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A RARE SILVER CANN

細節

A RARE SILVER CANN
MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1770

Baluster, on molded spreading circular foot, with foliate scroll handle, the front engraved with a crest, marked COB and Charles O. Bruff--4 3/8in. high
(9 oz.)

出版

John E. Langdon, "Two More by Bruff," Antiques, October 1968, p. 595.

展覽

Colby College, Waterville, Maine, American Arts of the 18th Century, 1967.

拍品專文

The crest is that of Ludlow, as borne by the family of Hon. Robert H. Ludlow of Black Rock, New York.

Silver by Bruff is extremely rare; only nine pieces have been identified, including the present example. For biographical information on this maker, see John E. Langdon, "New Light on Charles Oliver Bruff, Tory Silversmith," Antiques, June 1968, pp. 768-769, and October 1968, p. 595, and J. Hall Pleasants and Howard Sill, "Charles Oliver Bruff, Silversmith," Antiques, June 1941, pp. 309-311.