Samuel Vernon Silver Patch Box

Description:

Samuel Vernon Silver Patch Box, Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1725, the oval box with engraved phoenix on the lid inside a leaf border, engraved on the bottom "BH," the inside of the lid and base of box marked "SV" in a sunken cartouche, wd. 1 3/4 in., approx. 0.6 troy oz.

Provenance: The Silver Shelf, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, December 1971.
Estimate $600-800

Very minor shallow dent to both lid and underside, shallow dent to lid is unobtrusive. Scattered abrasions to underside. Otherwise in good overall condition.


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