A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SCENT FLASKS

Lot 123
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 123 | A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SCENT FLASKS
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£ 700 – 1 000
A PAIR OF AMERICAN SILVER SCENT FLASKS

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1900

Of quatrefoil gourd shape, with hinged covers, on four shell feet, each with panels of foliate garlands, scrolls and shell decoration, with engraved monogram, stamped underneath 'TIFFANY & CO. / 8126 M 8923 / STERLING-SILVER'; together with an American silver jewellery casket, mark of Shreve & Co., San Francisco, circa 1885, of rectangular outline, the hinged cover engraved with initials 'FBH' within a floral and scroll border, the sides with conforming scrolls enclosing town scenes and floral garlands, raised on leaf-wrapped volute feet with cherub masks, the felt lined interior with a fitted tray, marked underneath 'SHREVE & CO. / SAN FRANCISCO / STERLING'

The flasks - 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high

The casket - 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) wide

22 oz. (685 gr.)





Provenance

The Lords Hesketh, Easton Neston, Northamptonshire; Sotheby's house sale, 17-19 May 2005, the flasks lot 1046, the casket lot 1044.
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