American Silver Walpole Society Gorget, Gebelein, Boston, dated 1909
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 23, 10:36 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 USD
Lot Details
Description
American Silver Walpole Society Gorget
Gebelein, Boston
dated 1909
the front engraved with a lamp and "Walpole Society MCMIX", the back "Henry F DuPont 1932 / Alfred E. Bissell 1969".
Length 4 5/8 in.
11.8 cm
The Walpole Society, founded in Boston in 1909, is an organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of American decorative art, architecture, and history. It was named for Horace Walpole (1717-1797), English writer, political figure, collector and connoisseur.
Henry Francis DuPont (1880-1969) was the founder of Winterthur Museum.
Alfred E. Bissell (1903-1975), collector of Americana and Treasurer of Winterthur 1958-1974, purchased the Ineson Collection of Silver, which he expanded and gave to Winterthur; see the 1980 catalogue by Louise C. Belden, Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection.
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