Rare ROGERS SMITH & CO Meriden CT Quadruple Silver Gnome Wizard Fairies FLASK
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:588692 |
For your consideration is this wonderful example of Rogers Smith & Company engraved quadruple plate silver flask with a "fantasy" design. A most unusual forest design with a wizard, a gnome, 3 dancing fairies and the moon. It looks like the wizard and gnome are sitting at the edge of a pond (?) and one is dumping water out of his shoe. It looks like bamboo and some other trees are the vegetation.
The flask is about 4 & 1/4 inches tall by 3 & 1/4 inches wide and about 1 &...amp; 1/4 inches thick. The worn hallmark on the back is inside a shield shape and it reads: Rogers Smith & Co. Meriden CT Quadruple. There is a 14 stamped below that. About 180 grams, has a nice heft. This was a well loved flask, as there is general scratching and tarnish. There is a little dinging at the top beyond the engraving. Not very noticeable. The stem of the screw on cap is a gold colored metal, perhaps brass. It very good shape for it's age and use. There are no monograms. A great addition to a collection!
I have not cleaned or polished this piece; as patina is important to a lot of people. I got this years ago from the estate of a woman who was a Buyer for the Joseph Horne's department store in Pittsburgh PA. She collected many interesting things. It has been stored away for 20 years or more.
Please view the photos and feel free to ask questions. Thank you for looking, and have a great day!
The flask is about 4 & 1/4 inches tall by 3 & 1/4 inches wide and about 1 &...amp; 1/4 inches thick. The worn hallmark on the back is inside a shield shape and it reads: Rogers Smith & Co. Meriden CT Quadruple. There is a 14 stamped below that. About 180 grams, has a nice heft. This was a well loved flask, as there is general scratching and tarnish. There is a little dinging at the top beyond the engraving. Not very noticeable. The stem of the screw on cap is a gold colored metal, perhaps brass. It very good shape for it's age and use. There are no monograms. A great addition to a collection!
I have not cleaned or polished this piece; as patina is important to a lot of people. I got this years ago from the estate of a woman who was a Buyer for the Joseph Horne's department store in Pittsburgh PA. She collected many interesting things. It has been stored away for 20 years or more.
Please view the photos and feel free to ask questions. Thank you for looking, and have a great day!
