Lot 339

19th C. Sterling Silver Muffineers - Gorham & R. Wallace Casters

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19th C. Sterling Silver Muffineers - Gorham & R. Wallace Casters
19th C. Sterling Silver Muffineers - Gorham & R. Wallace Casters
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19th C. Sterling Silver Muffineers - Gorham & R. Wallace Casters

Estimate: $1,100 - $1,600

Starting Bid: $550

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by Artemis Fine Arts
June 25, 2026 9:00 AM MDT (In Progress)
Live Auction
686 S. Taylor Avenue
Suite 108
Louisville, CO, US 80027

North America and United Kingdom, American and English, ca. 1851–1910 CE. A pair of sterling silver muffineers, each crowned with a pierced, domed lid that once dusted sugar, cinnamon, or powdered spice across breakfast tables on either side of the Atlantic. The taller of the two rises as a columnar caster on a stepped circular foot, its smooth, tapering body unornamented save for the play of light along its waist, hallmarked for R. Wallace & Sons of Wallingford, Connecticut, makers who have plied the silversmith's trade from 1871 to the present day. Its companion takes the more architectural form of a neoclassical urn, the ovoid body lifted on a slender pedestal above a square plinth and engraved with delicate floral swags and bellflower garlands in the Adam taste. The urn's lower body bears the lion passant, anchor, and date letter G for Gorham of Providence, Rhode Island, struck in 1910, while the surmounting domed and pierced cover carries an earlier English pedigree: the maker's mark TJ / NC for Creswick & Co. (Thomas, James, and Nathaniel Creswick) of Sheffield, with the Sheffield crown and date letter H for 1851. Cover and body were married at some point in their long service, an honest collector's pairing of mid-Victorian English and Edwardian American silver brought into harmonious proportion. Together they stand at matching heights, twin sentinels of the dressed table whose perforated crowns scattered sweetness with practiced economy. Size (both about the same): 3.5" D x 6.5" H (8.9 cm D x 16.5 cm H); silver quality: 93%; total weight: 408 grams.

Provenance: private Loveland, Colorado, USA collection

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Item # 202759

  • Condition: Excellent. The lid and vessel of the square-bottomed muffineer are not original to one another. Otherwise, both are in excellent overall condition.

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Bid Increments
From: To: Increments:
$0 $299 $25
$300 $999 $50
$1,000 $1,999 $100
$2,000 $4,999 $250
$5,000 $9,999 $500
$10,000 $19,999 $1,000
$20,000 $49,999 $2,500
$50,000 $99,999 $5,000
$100,000 $199,999 $10,000
$200,000 + $20,000