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An American Silver ‘Egyptian’ Covered Jar and Bottle, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI, 1884

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

in the form of canopic jars engraved with three columns of hieroglyphics at the front, with pharaoh head finials, the taller a pouring vessel with cork stopper, the smaller a box, marked on bases and numbered 225


10 oz 10 dwt

323.4 g

height of larger 5 ¼ in.

13.3 cm

A matching liquor flask by Gorham of the same date was sold by Spencer and Marks.