Joseph Heinrich Hare Chafing Dish

Description:

Joseph Heinrich Hare Chafing Dish
Copper, oak, silver
United States, late 19th century
Hammered copper serving dish with turned oak handle, silver-rimmed lid with oak mushroom knob set in silver scrolls, the server set in a hammered copper water reservoir, all in a silver-rimmed, hammered copper stand with three scroll legs, rampant cast copper hares decorate the legs, the whole set on a oak base with copper flashing, the three-wick hammered copper burner with oak handle mounted on silver scroll feet, each wick with a copper snuffer, ht. 10 1/2, lg. 20 1/2 in.

Literature: For a similar example, see Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940, (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art),1994, fig. 9.3.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Good condition, the handle on one of the burner snuffers is missing, some play in knob and handle.


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