$1,625
Overall good condition.
Minor chips to enamel examples. Some light scratches, nicks and slight bends, mostly to edges and tips, due to age and use.
Ten Flora letter openers and one naturalistic letter opener:
One pierced with flowers, marked ‘1446’
Two with pond lillies, one with monogram marked ‘2800’, the other ‘S.C.& L. Co 1720’
Two with forget-me-nots, one with monogram marked ‘Theo B. Starr Pat'd 89 2805’, the other ‘2166’
Three with enamel forget-me-nots, marked ‘5565’, ‘5591’ and ‘5563’, respectively
One with buttercups, marked ‘3047’
One with violets, marked ‘Howard & Co New York Sterling 1723’
One Grass pattern, marked ‘2269’.
Ten marked ‘Winged (S) Sterling’
Sold with nine letter openers marked ‘2964’, ‘2568’ inscribed ‘Christmas’, ‘2566’, ‘2563’, ‘2569’, ‘5703’, ‘H.S. & Co 5704’ with monogram, ‘5705’ dated ‘January 15th 1897’ and ‘2571’. All marked ‘Winged (S) Sterling’.
12.1 ozt (gross weight).
New York, USA, 19th century
sterling silver, enamel
8 h × ¾ w in (20 × 2 cm)
Auctioneer:
Rago
Date:
2020-08-21
