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Rare Bailey & Kitchen Coin Silver Master Salt c1840
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FINE AND RARE c1840 BAILEY & KITCHEN COIN SILVER MASTER SALT; GADROONED TRIM; LAVISH ACANTHUS AND VINE CAP TREFOIL FEET; ORIGINAL GOLD WASH INTERIOR; NEVER MONOGRAMMED; RARELY SEEN "BAILEY & KITCHEN" MARK; SHOWN WITH SUPERB COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY SALTS, REMAINDER LISTED SHORTLY
This is an exceptionally rare, c1840 American coin silver master salt. The salt bears the mark of the renowned Philadelphia firm of Bailey & Kitchen. This mark was only used from 1832-1848. Later the firm became Bailey, Banks & Biddle, continuing to this day. Beautifully executed in circular, cauldron form. Rich, angle gadrooned trim. Smooth finish. Interior retains portion of original gold wash. Breathtaking, acanthus and wavy vine cap trefoil feet. Rising acanthus to centre. Masterfully hand chased and deep cut engraved. Never monogrammed. Master salt is 3 1/2 inches diameter, 2 inches tall, 3 1/4 ounces. Excellent condition, near pristine. Warm, lustreous sterling patina throughout. The hand chased finish work retains its original crisp detail. Hallmarked as shown, to inner leg. Coming soon, an exceptional, c1900 Chinese tea and coffee set, with matching tray, Slavic decoration. Made for the Russian market, near pristine condition. Extremely rare c1870 American coin silver medallion teapot from John Cook. More Indian silver, salt and peppers and smalls. Two English sterling silver Georgian coffee pots. One from Emes and Barnard, 1825 and Edward Barton, 1823. A stunning English sterling salver, George III from salver "specialist" Richard Cater, 1780. Two Gorham covered tureens, one c1895. Several fine 19th century Continental silver items, 19th century hand chased sterling trays...and more. Please feel free to inquire directly about this, or any item we've listed. Whether the item is alone or part of a set. We very much welcome your interest. We are collectors first. As such, we are quite easy to work with. We happily combine items when shipping, saving you costs. We ship twice weekly, usually US Postal Priority. Fully insured for domestic packages, and air parcel overseas. We charge a bit more than actual cost for boxes, shipping materials and to pay our shipper. We make great effort to accurately describe each item listed. Returns are accepted, without question. If either condition, country of origin or dating is significantly incorrect. In such cases we refund your shipping costs as well. Like you, we are only human, and make mistakes. Hopefully, not too many. Remember, the items you see are antiques. Hence, have an expected amount of wear from normal use. As such, returning an item because we failed to mention the tiniest bit of wear, or barely discernible flaw is not acceptable. Nor do we accept returns based on buyer's remorse. Nor change of taste, or because a buyer did not realize how "small" four inches might be once in hand. We have over 1950 feedbacks. And, are quite proud of our 99.7% rating. We received favorable notice in the March 12th New York Times. Page 8, Business Section, in a well written article on silver collecting. Copy furnished upon request. Enjoy....and good fortune in your bidding.
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