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 What is it? Kerr Dresser Piece?
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ms. Dale Posts: 6 |
posted 02-03-2008 12:05 PM
  
[26-1572] Hi All, I have posted once or twice before... I buy sell & collect American silver, and I picked this piece up at a shop in NJ last week. It is clearly marked with Kerr's hatchet mark STERLING and 669. It is 4 inches in diameter and 2 and 1/2 inches high. The opening at the top is 3 inches in diameter. It has the gargoyle face and dolphin design. I was drawn to it because a couple of years back, I admired the same design on a vase in a local shop, but the price was too much for me to add to my collection. What is it?
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vathek Posts: 966 |
posted 02-04-2008 09:45 AM
Does it look like it may have had a lid and is the lining original? IP: Logged |
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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 |
posted 02-05-2008 06:04 PM
THe velvet looks old, and overall the piece seems too large for a salt dish (but I don't have a good sense of visual scale--4 inches seems too wide for a salt). I think it might have been conceived as a little vanity-top jewelry or ring box, and it might have had a lid--or maybe not. There aren't any known Kerr catalogues, so it's hard to check out the form. IP: Logged |
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Dale Posts: 2132 |
posted 02-05-2008 06:41 PM
Have run into a few of these. Originally a small pillow sat in the opening. It was used for stick pins and small hat pins. Also very pointy hair items, the name of which I can't remember. The idea was to have them handy but avoid pricking the skin. My slightly better than a guess on the subject. IP: Logged |
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ms. Dale Posts: 6 |
posted 02-06-2008 07:38 AM
Thanks for all the replies! In answer to the questions about the liner, it does possibly look original. The red velvet is quite worn, and there is a 1/4 inch gap in it from the top of the salt to the bottom of the liner (like it dried and shrunk and finally pulled apart.) Through that gap, I can see a piece of wood which seems to be backing it between the velvet and silver. I have seen the sewing items with the puffy cushions, and wondered if this was related. Now my biggest issue is that there is some green residue on it, and I will have to clean it very carefully to avoid damaging the interior further! I would like to be able to keep it on my nightstand for my rings. Thanks again!!! IP: Logged |
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