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Three phone bidders competed for this Canadian presentation
Kiddush
cup with the maker’s mark “A.H.” incuse, probably for Anselm Hardy
of Quebec, and dated 1858. It also has pseudo English hallmarks and
is engraved with a presentation inscription. It sold for $50,000 (est.
$6000/8000). It is 6¼" tall and weighs 6 oz. 18 dwt. The presentation
inscription reads: “Presented By the Trustees of the GERMAN &
POLISH CONGREGATION MONTREAL TO THE Rev’d S. M.
Isaacs on the occasion of his CONSECRATING their SYNAGOGUE
1st Sival 5620.” According to the catalog, Montreal’s Shaar
Hashomayim “is now the largest orthodox congregation in Canada;
it catered in succession to largely English, German, and Polish
congregations. Samuel Meyer Isaacs, Rabbi and journalist, was born
in Leeuwarden, Holland in 1804. He was minister first in New York of
B’Nai Jeshurun, then in Elm Street in 1839, and then Shaaray Tefilla
from 1847 until his death. In 1857, he founded
The Jewish Messenger
,
and was instrumental in the Board of Delegates of American Israelites,
the Hebrew Free School Association, the United Hebrew Charities, and
was one of the founders and first vice-president of the Jews’ Hospital,
now Mount Sinai. He died in New York in 1878.”
This silver sauceboat by William Hollingshead of Philadelphia, circa
1770, is oval with a scalloped rim and engraved on one side with
a contemporary monogram “NJR” in foliate script; it has a leaf-
capped double-scroll handle and is raised on three scroll supports
headed and terminating in shells; it is marked twice on the base
with “WH” script in a notched rectangle and is 7¾" long. It sold for
$5250 (est. $6000/9000) to dealer Jonathan Trace of Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. It had sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet in January 1979
for $4000. According to the catalog, “The
initials are likely those of
Nathaniel Ramsay, who was a colonel under George Washington in
the Revolutionary War. Afterwards, he resumed his law practice in
Baltimore and represented Maryland in Congress from 1786-7.”
This 14
⅛
"
tall coffeepot was made by Charles
Louis Boehme of Baltimore, circa 1805. It is of
quadrangular urn form with incurved angles.
The upper body is bright-cut and engraved with
a band of oak leaves and acorns, grapevine, and
other fruits; the reel-shaped cover is similarly
engraved and with an urn finial. The body
is engraved on both sides with a contemporary
crest and monogram “CER” and marked on the
foot rim “CLBoehme” in script in an oval, an
eagle head in an oval, and “STERLING” in a
rectangle. It sold for $15,000 (est. $15,000/25,000)
to Stiles Colwill, who said he owns the rest of the
tea set. The crest is that of the Ridgely family of
Baltimore County. At Sotheby’s in January 1993
it had sold for $23,000 (est. $7000/9000).
Andrew Ellicott Warner of Baltimore made
this silver pitcher, circa 1830, in a familiar
ceramic form. It has reeded borders and a
molded rim and is engraved in front possibly
slightly later with arms in a shield flanked
by foliate sprays. Its double-scroll handle
is marked “A.E.WARNER” in a serrated
rectangle and “11” in a plain rectangle.
The 8½" tall pitcher sold for $16,250 (est.
$5000/8000) to collector/designer/dealer Stiles
T. Colwill of the Baltimore area. At Christie’s
in October 1989 it had sold for $8800 (est.
$2000/2500) from the collection of Jim Nelson
and Sam Wagstaff.
This silver four-piece tea set by Charles Louis Boehme of Baltimore,
Maryland, circa 1800, is marked on the base “CL BOEHME” in a
rectangle and is 73 oz. 12 dwt. The length of the teapot is 11¾".
The set sold to collector Stiles Colwill of Baltimore for $35,000
(est. $8000/12,000). Colwill said he has been looking for a
Baltimore tea set with a tea caddy for 40 years.
This silver centerpiece bowl, 10
⅜
"
diameter, by William Ball
of Baltimore, circa 1805, is of good weight and is round with
a slightly domed base. The sides are bright-cut and engraved
with a wide band of ferns and formal foliage entwined with
quilted ribbon below two narrow rows of beading; the center is
engraved with a stag head crest; and it is marked on the base
“W. BALL” and “STERLING” in rectangles. It sold for $32,500
(est. $15,000/20,000) to Stiles Colwill. It had sold at Sotheby’s in
June 1998 for $36,800 (est. $10,000/15,000). It had been made
for Governor Charles Ridgely of Hampton and will go to the
Baltimore Museum of Art.
How about antique silver apple corers? The one on top is by
John McMullin of Philadelphia, circa 1830, with a cannon handle
and reeded band and marked “I.McMULLIN.” It is 4¾" long.
The other, plainer one is an 18th-century English or possibly
American version. They sold together for $2375 (est. $1000/1500).
At Sotheby’s on January 23, 1992, the American corer had sold for
$3080 (est. $600/900).
This is a rare set of six silver wine coasters with
profiles of George Washington, made by Harvey
Lewis of Philadelphia circa 1810. They have
gadrooned rims; the bombé
sides are bright-cut
and engraved with running grapevine and with
foliate script initials “CLK” in an octagonal
reserve. The turned wood bases are centered by
silver disks with an applied profile of George
Washington in military uniform. The base rims
are marked “HLewis”
and “STERLING.” Each
is 5
⅜
"
diameter. They sold on the phone for
$30,000 (est. $30,000/50,000). At Sotheby’s on
January 27, 1989, the set had sold for $49,500 (est.
$40,000/60,000).
This 4½" high silver mug by John Allen and John
Edwards of Boston, 1690-1700, sold on the phone for
$25,000 (est. $25,000/35,000) to David Barquist, curator
of American decorative arts at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. The mug is marked on its neck left of the handle
“IE” and “IA” each in a quatrefoil. It is engraved with
a contemporary crest and with circa 1880 initials “AS to
MC” on the base. The baluster form resembles ceramic
vessels.