AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SINGLE-HANDLED AMERICAN LEMON STRAINER
JOHN WOLF FORBES, NEW YORK CIRCA 1810
Estimate: £500 - £800
Auction: 17 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
of circular outline with a gadrooned border, the pierced bowl with a flower-head pattern, to a pierced handle
Dimensions
12.5cm (across handle), 2oz
Provenance
A Private East Coast Scottish Collection collected over two generations
Footnote
John Wolfe Forbes came from an American silver smithing dynasty. Based in New York where his father and brothers dominated the silversmith market with shops at 88 and 169 Broadway.