May 3, 2022 10:00 EST
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
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A rare caryatid handle silver spoon
Henricus Boelen II (1697-1755), New York, NY, circa 1715
Oval bowl, cast handle with "maidenhead" finial, "rattail" bowl back, back of bowl engraved with monogram, "EFD," marked, "HB," to back of bowl.
L: 6 1/2 in. W: 2 in., Weight: 1.54 oz. t.
Provenance
Jackson / Gilhooly, January 2004
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt: Highly Important American Silver, January 24, 2015, lot 712
A private New Jersey collection.
Sold for $10,710
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Oval bowl, cast handle with "maidenhead" finial, "rattail" bowl back, back of bowl engraved with monogram, "EFD," marked, "HB," to back of bowl.
Provenance
Jackson / Gilhooly, January 2004
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Roy and Ruth Nutt: Highly Important American Silver, January 24, 2015, lot 712
A private New Jersey collection.
