A VICTORIAN GOBLET, the ovoid bowl chased with ferns, on similar pedestal foot with beaded knop and rim, 8 3/4" high, London 1873, 11ozs
10 AMERICAN PEWTER TABLE ITEMS, INCL. BOARDMAN & HART, ...Ten (10) signed American Pewter tableware items, including one (1) footed beaker cup marked for B & M Smith (working Danby, VT, ca. 1808); one (1) beaker cup stamped for Thomas D. Boardman and Lucius Hart (working New York City, NY and Hartford, CT, 1828-53); three (3) porringers with pierced handles stamped for Thomas Danforth Boardman (Hartford, CT, 1784-1873) and Sherman Boardman (Hartford, CT, 1787-1861); two (2) beaker cups stamped for Homan and Company (working Cincinnati, OH, ca. 1840); one (1) compote or footed bowl, unmarked; one (1) porringer with pierced handle, stamped "W.I." above an American eagle; and one (1) sugar bowl with one shell form handle, stamped "I I D." Ranging in size from 1 1/8" H x 5" W to 6" H x 8 1/2" dia.
The Estate of Patricia Kiegel, Nashville, Tennessee.
Condition:
All items in overall good condition with general wear, surface scratches, dents, to be expected from age and manner of use. B & M Smith beaker with repairs, largest 2, to rim and upper shoulders.
SIGNED AND DATED CAUCASIAN AREA RUG, the blue field featuring a column of six geometric medallions with a 'wine glass' and leaf border, one corner dated 1873 in Arabic numerals, hand knotted, 3'11" x 7'7".
PEWTER HANDLED BEAKER. THOMAS D. BOARDMAN (1784-1873) AND LUCIUS HART (1803-1871).
New York City and Hartford, Connecticut, 1828-1853. Maker's mark stamped into outside bottom and having a convex fillet. Height 4 ⅛ inches, width 4 ⅜ inches, diameter 2 ⅞ inches. Provenance: Clarence Johnson, Lahaska, Pennsylvania; unrecorded. Literature: Donald M. Herr, "Marked American Beakers," PCCA Bulletin, vol. 8, pg. 204, fig. 25; John Carl Thomas, "Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers," 1976, pg. 143, fig. 164.
PEWTER BEAKER. THOMAS DANFORTH BOARDMAN (1784-1873) AND SHERMAN BOARDMAN (1787-1861).
Hartford, Connecticut, circa 1810-1860. Maker's mark stamped into outside bottom. Part of a communion set originally belonging to the Garland Congregational Church in Garland, Maine. Height 5 ¼ inches, diameter 3 ½ inches. Provenance: James Clark, Garland, Maine, 1939; John F. Ruckman, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1965.
Bowling Trophy Silver: American, 1873-1891, goblet form with bands of scroll and floral decoration, band of bowl pins and man figure with bowling ball, raised inscribed "Champion Bowling Tournament/1883/2nd Prize/offered by/F. GROT & Co. /to the/Champion of New York and Vicinity. ", engraved inscription "Season of 1883/won by/Nassau Club/of/Brooklyn N. Y. /Season of 83-84/won by/Metropolitan Club/of/New York/Season of 84/85/won by/Metropolitan club/of/New York", marks for Tiffany & Co. , "3784. 8934", 25. 23 oz. T. , 12-1/2 in. , Provenance: Christie's, September 27, 1978, lot 169; Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia Condition heavy tarnish, rim bent and dents, some wear
Fourteen Victorian silver mounted cut glass toilet bottles, boxes and jars, the covers decorated with applied monograms, London 1873 and 1874 and a matching silver cylindrical beaker, London 1873.
A mixed lot,
comprising silver items, a Victorian goblet in the Egyptian revival manner, by Frederick Elkington, 1873, height 21cm, approx. weight 10oz, plus an Austrian beaker of tapering form, spot hammered decoration, and a pair of small shell salt cellars, plus a quantity of electroplated items, many by Hukin and Heath, including a sauce pan, and Aesthetic Movement tray, a kettle on stand, a travelling water heater with textured decoration, cream jugs, sugar bowls, a chanmber stick and other items. (qty)
PEWTER BEAKER. THOMAS D. BOARDMAN (1784- 1873) AND LUCIUS HART (1803-1871).
New York City & Hartford, Connecticut, 1828-1853. Maker's mark stamped into outside bottom. Height 5 ¼ inches, diameter 3 ½ inches. Provenance: Mrs. Roland, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1932; John F. Ruckman, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1965.
PEWTER HANDLED BEAKER. THOMAS D. BOARDMAN (1784-1873) AND LUCIUS HART (1803-1871).
New York City and Hartford, Connecticut, 1828-1853. Maker's mark stamped into outside bottom. Height 3 ¼ inches, width 4 ⅜ inches, diameter 3 inches. Provenance: Bette A. and Dr. Melvyn D. Wolf, Flint, Michigan, 1990.
PEWTER TANKARD. THOMAS DANFORTH BOARDMAN (1784-1873) AND SHERMAN BOARDMAN (1787-1861).
Hartford Connecticut, circa 1810-1860. Maker's mark stamped into bottom and having an S-scroll handle. Together with a beaker attributed to Boardman and Hart (1828-1853). Height of first 4 ½ inches.
PEWTER HANDLED BEAKER. ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS D. BOARDMAN (1784-1873) AND LUCIUS HART (1803-1871).
New York City and Hartford, Connecticut, 1828-1853. "Delia Maria Hussey, May 1, 1828, A Mother's Gift" engraved on side. Attribution is based on stylistic and dimensional similarities to a handled beaker marked by Boardman and Hart in this collection. Two women by the name of Delia Maria Hussey lived on Nantucket during the nineteenth century. One of them, probably the owner of this beaker, was born in 1824 to William Hussey and his wife Eunice. Height 3 ⅜ inches, width 4 3/6 inches, diameter 2 ⅞ inches. Provenance: Ethel L. Fonda, Bennington, Vermont, 1945; John F. Ruckman, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1965. Literature: John Carl Thomas, "Pewter in American Life," 1976, pg. 44; John Carl Thomas, "Connecticut Pewter and Pewterers," 1976, pg. 143, fig. 163.
A FINE GERMAN ENGRAVED GLASS ROYAL PORTRAIT GOBLET, HESSEN (KASSEL), BY ALBERT WIEGEL, DATED 1897
the gilt bowl cut in tiefschnitt with aportrait of King Albert of Saxony in an oval strapwork frame with the royal cipher SR on a tablet below and flanked by palms, signed frp. Albert Wiegel Cassel 1897, on spiral stem and spreading foot, 28.5cm h
Provenance: Given to the father of the present vendor by a German nobleman, c1945.
Albert Wiegel (1869-1943), one of the foremost German glass engravers of the 19th century. See the article in Journal of Glass Studies, Corning, 1973.
Albert (1828-1902) became King of Saxony in 1873.
A horticultural Society presentation silver goblet, Birmingham 1873
Silver, comprising; a Victorian goblet, with engraved decoration, on a beaded circular foot, London 1873 and a circular small bowl on a circular foot, Birmingham 1903, combined weight, 303 gms.
A Victorian collapsible beaker, with four engine turned sections, gilt interior, monogrammed 'FW' and dated '1873', by Robert Harper, London 1869, 2.8in (7cm) high, 3oz.
A Fine English Renaissance Revival Sterling Silver Wine Ewer and Pair of Matching Goblets, ewer London, 1873-74, SS (probably Stephen Smith), goblets London, 1872-73 and 1873-74 same maker, with all over repoussé-chased decoration, ewer height 14 7/8 in., goblets height 8 in., combined weight 74.40 troy ozs. $2000/3000
Seven American Silver Articles
Mid/Late 19th Century
comprising a Bailey & Co. repousse coin silver cup, a Whiting sterling silver child's mug, an unmarked coin silver goblet, a pair of coin silver salts marked J.L.W., possibly for John Westervelt, with an unmarked but nearly matching cordial, and a Rogers, Smith and Co. silverplate commemorative goblet.
18 ozt 19 dwt gross
Height of largest 7 1/4 inches.
The silverplate goblet includes an engraving reading Western / Female Seminary / Presented by the class of / 1873. Otherwise known as the Western College for Women, this institution was founded in Oxford, Ohio in 1853 and later absorbed into Miami University.