November 23, 2024: Premier Americana - Day Three
Sat, Nov 23, 2024 09:00AM EST
Lot 2005
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ATTRIBUTED, COIN SILVER OPEN SALTS, PAIR
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Unsold
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ATTRIBUTED, COIN SILVER OPEN SALTS, PAIR, each oval form with molded rim, engraved "S" initial to side, raised on four tall tapered legs with pad feet, including replaced cobalt blue plastic liners. Each impressed to underside with "W [pellet] R" mark in a rectangular cartouche and a spread-wing eagle mark for (Captain) William Richardson of Richmond, VA (active 1769-1809). Total weight without liners: 4.220 ozt. Together with a pair of coin silver salt spoons by Edward Brown of Richmond (active 1807-1816), Liberty (1817), and Lynchburg, VA (1816, c.1823-1835), which came from the same family as the open salts, having shell bowls on fiddle handles with pointed shoulders and engraved "SMS" initials, impressed "E Brown" in script lettering to backs, total weight of 0.560 ozt. Four pieces total. Reserve. Late 18th/early 19th century. One salt 2 1/4" H, 3 1/4" x 2" OA rim.
Literature: For salts, Hollan - Virginia Silversmiths, pp. 651-652, mark c-1, notes that this mark is commonly found on several footed oval salt dishes by Richardson, measuring 2" to 2 7/8" in height. For spoons, ibid., p. 98, mark a. For a Richardson attributed mark with similar flaw along top edge of cartouche, see Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) object database, photo no. S-4207. For similar forms, see ibid., photo no. NN-1353, and S-7481 (which are the same set of four illustrated in Cutten - Silversmiths of Virginia, p.158, supposedly given to Patrick Henry when he was governor of Virginia). Also parallels pair of Richardson salts in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg, object no. 1981-213, 1A and 2A.
Condition
Open salts in very good visual condition with minor wear, surfaces scratches with some being more moderate, and nicks, a few minute/small dents, each having one or more repairs to legs; salt spoons in very good overall condition with some wear, surface scratches, and nicks, one having slight bending to bowl.
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Purchased from Eternal Attic, Charlottesville, VA, 7/31/2020.
Reported that the consignor inherited the salts and spoons from her mother, who received them as a wedding gift in 1910, noted as descending from the Sargent family of Richmond, VA.
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