AN AMERICAN SILVER AND SILVER GILT BOWL. George W. Shiebler & Co., New York, New York, circa 1880. Marks: (winged S), STER...

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AN AMERICAN SILVER AND SILVER GILT BOWL
George W. Shiebler & Co., New York, New York, circa 1880
Marks: (winged S), STERLING, 542
4-1/2 inches high x 11-1/2 inches wide x 9-1/4 inches deep (11.4 x 29.2 x 23.5 cm)
33.54 troy ounces

The bowl with two scrolled horn shape handles with cast and chased leaf decoration, the hand hammered body with undulating overturned lip with banded chased repoussé decoration of overlapping stylized palm leaves centering crowned palm motifs at centers, the gilt interior inscribed to the bottom Birdie.

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