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A SET OF FIVE AMERICAN SILVER TEASPOONS, MYER MYERS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1768
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- marked on back of handles Myers in script in conforming rectangles.
- silver
- length 5 1/4 in.
- 13.3 cm
feather-edged handles engraved with block initials SL.
Provenance
Mark Bortman Collection
Bortman-Larus Collection
Hinda Kohn, September 1980
Bortman-Larus Collection
Hinda Kohn, September 1980
Exhibited
New York: The Jewish Museum: "Myer Myers American Silversmith," Feb 28-April 18, 1965, no. 24
Literature
Jeanette Whitehill Rosenbaum, Myer Myers, Goldsmith, 1723-1795, Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1954, pl. 24, fig. B
David L. Barquest, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001, p. 131
David L. Barquest, Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001, p. 131
Condition
one bowl with a small ding, others good
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A newspaper advertisement of 1779 - thus after Myer Myers had left New York - announced the theft of "Ten Silver Tea Spoons, some of them plain, the rest gadrooned, all made by Myers, late of new-York, and marked as well with his mark" (Royal Gazette, November 13, 1779, cited Barquist, p. 131).