EXQUISITE ANTIQUE AMERICAN SILVER TUREEN EARLY 1900S A BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED TREASURE FOR YOUR DINNER TABLE! Start Price AUD 80.00 Current Price AUD 80.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location Sydney, NSW See more about 'EXQUISITE ANTIQUE AMERICAN SILVER TUREEN EARLY 1900S' Description THE HALLMARK ON THIS ORNATELY ENGRAVED TUREEN IS THAT OF THE VENERABLE DERBY SILVER CO. FOUNDED IN BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT IN 1873 - ALAS SUBSEQUENTLY SUFFERING THE FATE OF MANY FINE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN THE 1930'S, FINALLY SUCCUMBING TO A TAKEOVER BY MERIDEN CORP. IN 1933. LIKE SEVERAL OTHER FINE AMERICAN PIECES WE HAVE RECENTLY AUCTIONED, THIS GORGEOUS TUREEN WAS PART OF A COLLECTION OF UNIQUE ENGLISH & AMERICAN SILVERWARE WE ACQUIRED AT A NSW COUNTRY ESTATE SALE AND WHILE LESS THAN FASTIDIOUS OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN AS KIND TO IT AS THEY SHOULD BECAUSE IT SHOWS SOME SURFACE WEAR, IT REMAINS AS A RARE SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF DERBY'S BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS AND WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE COST A SMALL FORTUNE WHEN NEW. DIMENSIONALLY, THE TUREEN MEASURES 34CM BETWEEN THE HANDLES BY APPROXIMATELY 18CM HIGH OVERALL AND WAS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A GLASS OR CERAMIC SERVING DISH INSIDE WHICH NEEDS REPLACING. WE ARE PLEASED TO NOW BRING THIS IRREPLACEABLE PIECE TO THE ATTENTION OF KEEN COLLECTORS, BUT GENUINE BIDDERS ONLY PLEASE! Place a Bid!