Sale 1617
New York
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20 - 21 January 2006
Price realised
USD 1,440
Estimate
TWO SILVER-MOUNTED SHELL SNUFF BOXES THE FIRST MARK OF ID, POSSIBLY FOR JOHN DAVID, PHILADELPHIA, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE SECOND CIRCA 1832 Each cowrie shell with silver mounts, and silver hinged cover, the first engraved JH or JM, the second engraved J. Thayer, 2d. Newark NY, 1832, the first marked under cover, the second apparently unmarked The first 2¾ in. long, the second 2 7/8 in. long (2)
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