Lot 357
  • 357

TWO AMERICAN SILVER CANISTERS, VINCENT LAFORME, BOSTON, circa 1855-1860

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked on bases V. LAFORME / coin / BOSTON.
  • silver
  • height of pinecone 4 1/8 in.
  • 10.5 cm
one in the form of a beehive, the other a pinecone.

Provenance

Hinda Kohn, March 1979 (beehive) and October 1985 (pinecone)

Condition

holes at tops that do not go through, possibly for knops?, otherwise good, unusual
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