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Myer Myers American

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这件极为罕见的美国桌篮是为富有的西印度群岛商人萨缪尔·康奈尔和他的妻子苏珊娜造的,他们是纽约市和北卡罗来纳省新伯尔尼的居民。在康奈尔被任命为北卡罗来纳省议会的成员以后,他委托纽约著名的银匠梅耶·梅耶斯制作了几件出色的作品。根据篮子下面的铭文记载,康奈尔夫妇后来将其送给了女儿汉娜,她于1786年10 月19 日嫁给了赫曼·利若伊。这只篮子有网眼花边装饰面,带串珠状圆饰的篮子边缘,以及带铰链的网状镂刻提手,可与最时髦的伦敦银器相媲美。

Basket, Myer Myers (1723–1795), Silver, American

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