A.E. Warner Coin Silver Floral Butter Dish c1830 24oz Start Price USD 20.00 Current Price USD 1,560.00 Time Left - Bid Count 21 Buy It Now Price USD 2,850.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 17, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location New England See more about 'A.E. Warner Coin Silver Floral Butter Dish c1830 24oz' Description IMPORTANT c1830 A.E. WARNER COIN SILVER COVERED BUTTER DISH; LAVISHLY REPOUSSED SCROLLING FLORALS ON PEBBLED GROUND; NATURALISTIC TWIG AND LEAF FORM HANDLES; ACANTHUS AND FLOWER CAP STYLIZED PAW FEET; ORIGINAL LINER; NEAR PRISTINE; 24 OUNCES This is a beautifully designed and meticulously hand crafted c1830 American coin silver covered butter dish. Retaining its original pierced interior liner. From one of the most important Baltimore silversmiths of his time, Andrew Ellicott Warner. Born 1786. First listed with brother Thomas in 1805. Served as a Captain in the War of 1812. Gained significant recognition in the Great Lake campaigns and defense of Baltimore in 1814. Following the war, Thomas became the first assayer of Baltimore. Warner returned to crafting fine gold and silver. Commissioned for many important presentation swords, medals and tea services. Including a presentation service in 1817 for Commodore Stephen Decatur. This museum worthy Warner covered butter dish meticulously executed in raised circular design. Lavishly repoussed scrolling floral decoration. An array of flowers, many in full bloom. Set against finest hand hammered, stippled background. Like satin to the touch. Boldly fashioned twig and leaf form handles. The gnarled, striated twig surface as real to the touch. Retains the original pierced, six petal leaf interior liner. Well fit. Tall "bee-hive" domed floral cover. Equally well fit to base. Topped with the original, beautifully carved raised flower, on three leaf and stem finial. Rich, hand chased finish detail. The butter dish supported upon elegant acanthus and flower cap stylized paw feet. Never monogrammed. This extremely rare, c1830 A.E. Warner coin silver butter dish is 6 3/4 inches handle to handle and 6 inches tall. Exceptionally thick, heavy guage solid silver construction, 24 ounces. Crisp, well struck hallmarks to underside "A.E. Warner 11/8". The identical hallmark illustrated in Ensko page 236. Excellent condition. Near pristine. Rich, lustreous silver patina throughout. The beautifully carved scrolling floral decoration retains much of it original cirsp, vibrant hand chased detail. Stands firm on table or tray. Cover closes perfectly to base. So often the lids are mis-shapen and ill fit with the butter dish form. For the discerning collector of the finest 19th century American hand crafted silver. A museum worthy, c1830 A.E. Warner coin silver repoussed floral and leaf handled butter dish, with original liner. In excellent, near pristine condition. Never monogrammed. Please feel free to inquire directly about this, or any item we've listed. Whether the item is alone or part of a set. We very much welcome your interest. We are collectors first. As such, we are quite easy to work with. We happily combine items when shipping, saving you costs. We ship twice weekly, usually US Postal Priority. Fully insured for domestic packages, and air parcel overseas. We charge a bit more than actual cost for custom size boxes, shipping materials and to pay for professional packing. We make great effort to accurately describe each item listed. Returns are accepted, if either condition, country of origin or dating is significantly incorrect. In such cases we refund your shipping costs as well. Like you, we are only human, and make mistakes. Hopefully, not too many. Remember, the items you see are antiques. Hence, have an expected amount of wear from normal use. As such, returning an item because we failed to mention the tiniest bit of wear, or barely discernible flaw is not acceptable. Nor do we accept returns based on buyer's remorse. Nor change of taste, or because a buyer did not realize how "small" four inches might be once in hand. Please note, Massachusetts residents are subject to sales tax. We have over 4375 feedbacks. And, are quite proud of our 99.9% rating. We received favorable notice in the March 12th, 2006 New York Times. Page 8, Business Section, in a well written article on silver collecting. Copy furnished upon request. From our personal collection, an elegant mid 19th century coin silver basket, from John and Edward Moore, of Tiffany fame. Illustrated in the cover article of May/June 2008 Silver Magazine, page 27. Enjoy....and good fortune in your bidding. Place a Bid!