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A pitcher with nearly identical decoration of a mermaid on the back of a mustachioed dolphin sold in these rooms, 18 January 2019, lot 850, for $9,375.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF MYRNA AND BERNARD POSNER
AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1895
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AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1895
Of reel form with lobed lower body, one side chased in high relief with a nymph bearing a berried laurel wreath on the back of a mustachioed dolphin, the other side engraved with in script JRH Jan 20th 1897 From Grandma Hall 1919, loop handles, gilt interior, marked on underside and numbered 8573-6142
10 ¼ in. long (26 cm.) long, over handles
29 oz. 6 dwt. (911 gr.)
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1895
Of reel form with lobed lower body, one side chased in high relief with a nymph bearing a berried laurel wreath on the back of a mustachioed dolphin, the other side engraved with in script JRH Jan 20th 1897 From Grandma Hall 1919, loop handles, gilt interior, marked on underside and numbered 8573-6142
10 ¼ in. long (26 cm.) long, over handles
29 oz. 6 dwt. (911 gr.)
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A pitcher with nearly identical decoration of a mermaid on the back of a mustachioed dolphin sold in these rooms, 18 January 2019, lot 850, for $9,375.