Footed cup with applied handle, beaded border to foot and egg & dart motif to mouth, the body with hand-chased floral decoration, with central open cartouche engraved "HL to MK," hallmarked with Leinbach's three special dies (inward facing eagle, diamond lonzenge with "L," and an oval enclosing a head).

4.25 in.

2.85 troy ozs.

Found and purchased in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina.

Only five other cups with the three special die marks by Leinbach have been documented. Leinbach was born in Salem, North Carolina on July 7, 1796. He apprenticed under John Vogler in 1811 and requested permission in 1820 to work as a silversmith in Bethlehem, PA (likely under urging from Vogler, who traveled to Bethlehem as well and had been invited to stay on as master silversmith in 1816). Linebach did not stay in Bethlehem for long and returned to Salem to open his own silversmith shop in 1821 where he worked continuously until returning to Bethlehem in the early 1860s.

Approximately 2 inch split to body, minor scratching and several dents.

$2,000 - 4,000