"BABE" RUTH`S DRESSING SET: AN AMERICAN SILVER- MOUNTED SIX-PIECE DRESSING SET

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06.12.2023 14:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 117 | "BABE" RUTH'S DRESSING SET: AN AMERICAN SILVER- MOUNTED SIX-PIECE DRESSING SET
"BABE" RUTH'S DRESSING SET: AN AMERICAN SILVER-

MOUNTED SIX-PIECE DRESSING SET

MARK OF R. BLACKINTON & CO., NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Comprising two brushes, a comb, a cut glass bottle and cover, a shoe horn, and a pair of scissors, all engraved with panels of horizontal bands and with block initials GHR, marked throughout

7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long, the brushes

3 oz. 4 dwt. (100 gr.) weighable silver





Provenance

With George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1895-1948).

Anonymous sale; Hunt Auctions, Exton, Pennsylvania, 15 June 2019, lot 156.
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