Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(13) pieces to include a copper teapot (11 1/2 in); a large copper pitcher stamped "6 G" to underside (10 3/4 in.); a copper water jug (9 in.); a copper ale warmer (12 1/4 in.); Benetfink & Co. (Cheapside, England) copper frying pan with iron handle, stamped to rim and underside (11 in. diameter); a small copper pot with iron handle (5 3/4 in. diameter); an Eli Griffith's & Sons brass lantern with turned wood handle, stamped with company name and "1915" towards base (13 1/4 in.); a large brass pot with iron handle (13 1/2 in. diameter); a brass saucepan with tall black painted metal handle, marked "INDIA / 10506" to underside (14 1/8 x 6 in.); a brass saucepan with long iron handle (21 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.); (2) brass ladles with iron handles, one with holes for straining (longest 23 1/4 in.); and a brass skimmer, handle signed "J. Wilks 1726" (23 in.).
From the Estate of Dr. Charles & Shirley Herring, Kinston, North Carolina Several with verdigris and oxidation spotting; looseness to brass finial on teapot; some denting and visible soldering repair to ale warmer; denting and tarnish to Benetfink & Co. pan; lantern with visible soldering repair, wear to wooden handle, some denting to posterior; staining to underside of brass skimmer.
