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Lot 1345
Large Asprey sterling frog-form mustard pot
Sold
$3,000
Starting Bid: $350
Est.
$700 - $1,000
Live Auction
SELECT: 3 Day Auction
Description
c. 1950, England, with silver tongue-shaped spoon and glass eyes and pot insert, 3"h x 3"l x 3"d, approx. 13.8ozt
Condition
Good, very minor oxidation, fleabite ding on base, otherwise no denting observed
Provenance
From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Literature
Art dealer, connoisseur, and philanthropist Eugene Victor Thaw (1927-2018) was widely considered to be among the world's greatest collectors of European master drawings, French Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and an early advocate of the American Abstract Expressionists. One of the most respected art dealers of his day, he is credited with placing hundreds of major works into museums around the world, and was the founding member and past president of the Art Dealers Association of America.