ID 883814
Lot 585 | A RARE AMERICAN SILVER ICE BOWL
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
MARK OF WHITING MFG. CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1870
Formed as a wooden whaling boat on a craggy iceberg with suspended icicles to the rim, the stern with a figure of an Inuit hunter kneeling on an axe and brandishing a spear while confronting a snarling polar bear perched on the bow and ready to attack, gilt interior, marked on underside and numbered 401
13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) long
49 oz. (1,523 gr.)
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Category: | Bowls |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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