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PROPERTY OF A MANHATTAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF SILVER WATER PITCHERS
MARK OF GERARDUS BOYCE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1820
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A PAIR OF SILVER WATER PITCHERS
MARK OF GERARDUS BOYCE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1820
Each baluster form, on a domed and circular base chased with foliage, the knopped stem with flowers, the lower body chased with acanthus and flowers, the upper body chased with scrolling flowers and two cartouches, the neck with border of bellflowers and ogees on a matte ground, the rim with conforming decoration, with a leaf-capped double scroll handle, the cartouches engraved with inscriptions, marked under base
16¼ in. high; 82 oz.
Each engraved: Ann Louisa Cheesman and Presented by her father, January 1st 1843 (2)
MARK OF GERARDUS BOYCE, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1820
Each baluster form, on a domed and circular base chased with foliage, the knopped stem with flowers, the lower body chased with acanthus and flowers, the upper body chased with scrolling flowers and two cartouches, the neck with border of bellflowers and ogees on a matte ground, the rim with conforming decoration, with a leaf-capped double scroll handle, the cartouches engraved with inscriptions, marked under base
16¼ in. high; 82 oz.
Each engraved: Ann Louisa Cheesman and Presented by her father, January 1st 1843 (2)