Sale 1787
New York
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18 - 19 January 2007
Price realised
USD 5,400
Estimate
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER NOVELTY EGG SET MARK OF GORHAM MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, 1872 Comprising six egg cups, each formed as a cracked egg on chicken feet, six circular stands, six bowl form salt cellars and six spoons with leaf stems, each engraved with a monogram EBF, each marked on reverse, in orginal fitted case stamped Jos. Bachman 3 Maiden Lane New York The egg cup 2¾ in. high; 18 oz. 10 dwt. (24)
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A similar egg set also marked by Gorham sold at Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 2005, lot 365
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