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Premier Auction | Session II

Fri, Dec 6, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 1215

Four Pieces Hester Bateman Silver

Estimate: $500 - $800

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
London, open salt with blue glass liner, engraved decoration, 1788, monogram; sugar tongs, engraved bellflowers decoration, lacking date mark; fork with upturned handle, 1784, monogram on back; master salt, downturned handle, 1781, heraldic device, 5.34 oz. T. weighable silver,  4-1/8 in. to 7-1/4 in.; Provenance: Sugar tong and salt spoon, Craword's Antiques, Waynesville, North Carolina, 1974 (with original receipt); open salt Eric Shrubsole, Ltd., New York, 1974 (with original receipt); Coleman Collection, Matthews, North Carolina

Condition

salt with chips to glass; sugar tongs with monogram removed; fork with loss to tines, all with some wear