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AN AMERICAN SILVER KING'S PATTERN FLATWARE SERVICE, HOWARD & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1890 |
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- silver
engraved with Morgan crest, comprising:24 dinner knives24 dinner forks24 lunch knives24 lunch forks24 fish knives24 fish forks24 two-tine dessert forks24 butter spreaders23 teaspoons24 dessert spoons24 tablespoons18 coffee spoons6 egg spoons287 pieces
Provenance
Sarah Spencer Morgan, and by descent.
Condition
a few dinner knives with some solder where blade meets handle, 1 teaspoon unengraved, parcel-gilt pieces with gilding rubbed at edges, otherwise in good condition
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The following lots belonged to Sarah Spencer Morgan (1839-1896), daughter of Junius Spencer Morgan and his wife Juliet Pierpont, and thus sister of J.P. Morgan, born two years earlier. On June 27, 1866 she married her cousin George Hale Morgan (1840-1911), a banker who worked with her brother. After her father’s death from a carriage accident in 1890, her share of his $10 million estate allowed the couple to build Ventfort Hall in Lenox, Massachusetts. Finished in 1893, the house is now a Museum of the Gilded Age.