Day-1: VICTORIAN & ESTATE ANTIQUES AUCTION | May 8th
Wed, May 8, 2024 09:30PM EDT
Lot 90
WM. GALE & SONS 1851 COIN SILVER PRESENTATION WATER PITCHER
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Silver presentation water pitcher, featuring floral and Greek key repousse in a rococo revival style. Circa 1851-1853. Crafted from coin silver with a height of 12.5” and a weight of 31.4 troy ounces of coin silver. Presented to Dr. A (Archibald) Miles in 1852 by a number of ladies of Savannah, Georgia, as a testimonial of their high regard for him, both as a gentleman & philanthropist, on March 30th,1852.The pitcher was handed down to his daughter and she passed it down to her nephew, Christian Archibald Herter, who was the son of Christian Herter, a wealthy artist and interior designer, head of the Herter Brothers.
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Silver presentation water pitcher, presented to Dr. A (Archibald) Miles in 1852 by a number of ladies of Savannah, Georgia as a testimonial of their high regard for him, both as a gentleman & philanthropist, on March 30th,1852.The pitcher was handed down to his daughter and she passed it down to her nephew, Christian Archibald Herter, who was the son of Christian Herter, a wealthy artist and interior designer, head of the Herter Brothers. Christian Archibald Herter was a notable physician and published 7 books on medicine. Archibald Miles' career spanned the period of patent medicine and he created and sold a compound extract of tomato in a pill form which later became what we know as ketchup.