Lot 82
82
A SILVER WATER PITCHER
Property from the New Jersey Historical Society
A SILVER WATER PITCHER

MARK OF TIFFANY, YOUNG & ELLIS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1852

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A SILVER WATER PITCHER
MARK OF TIFFANY, YOUNG & ELLIS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1852
Baluster-form, chased with lily pads and flowers, with cattail handle, engraved Judge Nevius from the Bench & Bar of Monmouth County, 1852; marked under base, also with museum accession number
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high; 29 oz. 10 dwt. (918 gr.)

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James Schureman Nevius (b. 1796) was an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He graduated from Princeton College in 1816, became a licensed attorney in 1819, working mostly out of New Brunswick. A number of his descendants were also judges and lawyers, including William James Nevius and Hon. Henry M. Nevius.

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