A SILVER CAKE BASKET OF SOUTHERN INTEREST

MARK OF NATHANIEL HAYDEN, CHARLESTON, SC, 1835-1843

Details

A SILVER CAKE BASKET OF SOUTHERN INTEREST
MARK OF NATHANIEL HAYDEN, CHARLESTON, SC, 1835-1843
Shaped rectangular, on pedestal foot, with reeded border and two handles, marked on base, also marked CHARLESTON
15¾ in. long; 28 oz. 10 dwt.

Lot Essay

Connecticut-born Nathaniel Hayden became a partner of a prominent Charleston jeweler in 1832, and advertised on his own in 1835. This cake basket dates between 1835 and 1843, when the firm was renamed Hayden, Gregg & Co. See: E. Milby Burton, South Carolina Silversmiths, 1991, p. 49.

More from Important American Silver

View All