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PAIR OF OPEN SALTS, STERLING SILVER, CAULDRON, WILLIAM ADAMS, NEW YORK. c.1835
PAIR OF OPEN SALTS, STERLING SILVER, CAULDRON, WILLIAM ADAMS, NEW YORK. c.1835
PAIR OF OPEN SALTS, STERLING SILVER, CAULDRON, WILLIAM ADAMS, NEW YORK. c.1835
PAIR OF OPEN SALTS, STERLING SILVER, CAULDRON, WILLIAM ADAMS, NEW YORK. c.1835
PAIR OF OPEN SALTS, STERLING SILVER, CAULDRON, WILLIAM ADAMS, NEW YORK. c.1835

PAIR OF OPEN SALTS, STERLING SILVER, CAULDRON, WILLIAM ADAMS, NEW YORK. c.1835

$ 261.36

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Style: Federal
  • Brand: WILLIAM ADAMS
  • Age: 1800-1849
  • Pattern: Repousse
  • Type: Salt Cellars
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Composition: Sterling Silver

    Description

    PAIR OF OPEN SALTS, STERLING SILVER, CAULDRON SHAPE WILLIAM ADAMS, NEW YORK. c.1835
    Height 1-3/4 inches.
    Diameter 2-2/4 inches. Weight 6 oz.
    MASTER SILVERSMITH William Adams, New York, active 1831-1842.
    Federal period c.1835. With repoussé floral pattern and  gilded interior. Raised on three legs. Monogram gothic U over script  JB.
    CONDITION: GOOD
    Reference;
    Ensko IV.
    William L. Adams began silversmithing c.1831 and moved to Troy, NY, 1844-50. Mark was "W. ADAMS" and "NEW pellet YORK" both marks in a rectangular milled border.
    Rainwater
    Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers
    .
    William Adams was a highly talented silversmith and an active political figure. He received some very important commissions. In 1841 he made a silver mace for the House of Representatives to replace the original destroyed in the War of 1812