Charming American Aesthetic period, sterling silver butter dish by Starr & Marcus of New York, NY. The dish detailed with scrolls and with a humming bird and foliate border, two acanthus leaf handles, inset with a pierced liner and topped with a figural seated cow finial lid also detailed with foliage and flowers, and front and back centered cartouches (no mono). Circa 1875– 1877.

(Starr & Marcus, New York, NY, Active c.1865 - c.1877. High end retailers, Theodore B. Starr and Marcus & Co both stem from Starr & Marcus)

Measures: 9”w x 5”d x 7 ¼”h

No. A 2496

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