OUTSTANDING STERLING REPOUSSE OCEANIC EWER, A. JACOBI & CO.
1879-1890, stamped on bottom STERLING / A. JACOBI & CO. / BALTIMORE and monument
overall chased decoration with undersea theme with merman battling a sea dragon along with floral, foliate, imbricated shell, and grapevine decoration; family crest with shield mounted with boar-head ANTIMO / NON ASTUTIA, 14.5"; 45.9 troy oz.
The crest could possibly be of the clan Gordon, "By Courage Not Cunning".
From a Massachusetts home, recently inherited.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 153 : OUTSTANDING STERLING REPOUSSE OCEANIC EWER, A. JACOBI & CO.
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