Large shaped bowl with pierced and chased decoration and gold wash, carved ivory handle monogrammed "R."

11 3/8 in.

Estate of Mrs. Willam T. White (nee Augusta Roebling), Princeton, New Jersey to direct family member, Raleigh, North Carolina

This pattern (#2888) is believed to be designed by Charles Osborne in 1890. In 1893 an official French government report on silversmithing in the United States described this pattern as having "an air of originality and richness" (see Charles Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1994. p.153). Detailed articles by William Hood Jr., M.D., Richard Kurtzman, John Olson, M.D., and Charles Curb, Ph.D. on this pattern can be found in both the Jan/Feb 2001 and Jan/Feb 2006 issues of "Silver Magazine."

Some scuffing and hairlines to handle.

$800 - 1,200