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Sep 11, 2025
American Silver Small Two-Handled Brandywine Bowl
Mark of Henricus Boelen, New York, c.1720, circular with two rope twist scroll handles, the sides chased with anthemion in panels, marked on underside HB in a shaped punch below three dots. Approx. 3 oz.
Provenance: Anonymous sale
Christie's, New York, 12 June 1982, lot 44
Property of the Wunsch Collection
With special thanks to Christie's and Julia Jones for this catalogue entry :
Shallow drinking bowls, such as the present lot, were a New York version of a 17th century European form, and were at times called brandy bowls. The bowl offered here is one of a group of similar bowls by Boelen chased with palmettes and twisting handles, including one in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York (acc. no. 66.45), and two at the Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware (acc. nos. 53.186 and 56.46.4). Another example from the collection of Roy J. Zuckerberg is illustrated in Jeanne Sloane, Artistry & Enterprise: American Silver 1660-1790, New York, 2018, pp. 134-135, while a further example, engraved with monogram S / IF, was sold from the collection of Mr. & Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords, Sotheby's, New York, 29 October 2004, lot 737.
6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.)
½ split to body near one handle. Small split near base of same handle. Typical surface wear and abrasion consistent with age and use. Handle near splat slightly misshapen. Strong touch marks. Otherwise good condition.
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