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AMERICAN SILVER FLATWARE AND HOLLOWWARE

Our April 22nd and 23rd sale offers a diverse group of American silver flatware and hollowware. Of particular interest is Lot 817, a 187-piece Tiffany and Co. flatware service in the “Chrysanthemum” pattern, from the Collection of the late Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph Verner Reed. “Chrysanthemum” was introduced in 1880 and personifies the golden age of American opulence with its Baroque densely carved budding flowers. It has remained a highly sought-after pattern to this day. The service is contained in its original fitted case. Lot 819, a simpler pattern by Tiffany, “King William,” rendered in silver gilt, is also on offer from the Lichtblau Collection.

Also from the Lichtblau Collection is an extensive service of tableware, offered in individual lots (Lots 793-803), including: service, dinner and bread and butter plates, bouillon cups and stands, demitasse and larger coffee cups and stands, twelve charming turtle soup cups with covers cast with turtle knobs and stands, and various platters and serving pieces, each exuberantly rendered with rococo detailing. Other lots include pieces from Gorham, Theodore B. Starn and J.E. Caldwell.

There are also some practical examples of Georgian silver hollowware including a charming early George III bread basket by Septimus and James Crespell (Lot 825), an assembled set of George III dinner plates by Benjamin Laver and William Fountain (Lot 831), and an imposing Regency campani-form urn and cover (Lot 833). From Russia, there is a beautifully rendered enamel and silver-gilt glove box in the manner of Faberge (Lot 867), a silver-gilt metal dish pressed with the date of 1836 (Lot 866), and a small group of niello boxes engraved with city views (Lot 864). There are other lots of Continental silver and lots of English and American silver.

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