A large mixed lot of mid-19th and 20th c. American Sterling and Coin Silver flatware including small and single examples of rare makers and patterns: Albert Coles; Merker, Hennegen, A. Spott, Krider & Biddle Spott, many monogrammed, plus a set of 8 Gorham Chesterfield Sterling Dinner forks.
70 pieces of Coin and Sterling weighs 74 OZT.
Accompanied by 16 English mother of pearl knives/forks with Sterling mounts and a few misc. plate or sterling handled additions not weighed.
Accompanied by a mixed set of English 15 pearl handled forks/knives with sterling mounts and a few pcs of misc. silverplate and sterling handled pieces.(SMAI1014/70+)(TC)
Measurements: various
Condition: good
Property Title: Property from the family estate of the late Samford and Dorothy Maier of New York and Connecticut.
Samford Maier was a descendent of Rabbi Joseph Kornfeld, who was named "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary" to Persia by his fellow Ohioan, Warren G. Harding in 1921. Persia was an important, but politically unstable, oil producer at that time. In 1924, an American consular official was beaten to death by a mob, after which the embassy and Kornfeld were withdrawn.
An inscribed c. 1924 carpet (to be featured in our July Auction) and the 12 Persian silver dishes in this sale came into the family during that time.
Dorothy Maier was descended from the owners of the American Sponge and Chamois Company, long prominent in supplying natural products, and early pioneers of synthetic sponges.
The mermaid statue was for many years in the lobby of their Long Island City headquarters and supplied the imagery for their well-known "Mermaid" brand.

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