Sale 9508
New York
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23 October 2000
Price realised
USD 7,050
Estimate
A QUEEN ANNE SILVER PORRINGER* Maker's mark of Anthony Nelme, London, 1702 Circular on spreading circular foot, with two scroll handles, marked on side and each handle 6in. (15.2cm.) high; 22oz. (685gr.)
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Literature
Tony Sweeney, Irish Stuart Silver, 1995, p. 142, no. 1042
Special Notice
Tax exempt.
Pre-Lot Text
SALE TO BENEFIT THE SILVER ACQUISITION FUND OF THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
Post Lot Text
*This lot may be tax-exempt from sales tax, as set forth in the Sale Tax Notice at the front of the catalogue.
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