Lot Details
Lot 1049
Five Victorian and American Sterling Silver Novelty Vesta/ Matchsafes
Various makers, 1883-1910
Comprising one marked H. Bros., Birmingham, 1884, in the shape of a basket wrapped wine bottle, height 2 inches (5 cm); one marked Sampson Mordan & Co., London, 1883, rectangular engraved after an image by Victorian children's illustrator Kate Greenaway, with children climbing a brick wall, height 2 inches (5 cm); another marked Chester, 1886 in the form of a whistle, length 2 5/8 inches (6.5 cm); one marked Simons Bros., Philadelphia, circa 1900, for the Order of Elks with a blue enamel clock and elk in relief, height 2 3/4 inches (7 cm); the last marked Webster Co., in the form of a Gothic book, height 2 1/2 inches (6 cm), total approximately 74.9 dwt.
Provenance:
Sampson Mordan & Co. example, Richard H. Jenkins, Canton, CT
Simons Bros. example, Richard H. Jenkins, Canton, CT, December 1986
Webster example, Richard H. Jenkins, Canton, CT, December 1985
An example of the Order of Elks Match Safe is published Match Safes, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2001, figure 68.
The Joseph and Miriam Poser Collection
C Estate of Miriam S. Poser
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Order of Elks - Simons Bros., circa 1900 - good condition overall; clearly hallmarked; enamel good; reverse with script monogram "RSL"; the body with small bruises
Nursery Ryhme - Sampson Mordan & Co., London, 1883 - good condition overall; clearly hallmarked; good detail to decoration; engraved "CBJ from AWB Nov. 1 1901"; slight bruise to bottom corner; hinge good and tight
Book - Webster Co. - good condition overall; clearly hallmarked; good detail to decoration; engraved "WJR"; hinge good and tight
Whistle - Chester, 1886 - apparently lacking maker's mark; good condition overall; engraved elaborate script monogram "LHL"; hinge good and tight; small dent to body
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