(3) American Sterling Silver Handled Vanity Items, 2 Whiting Co.

Lot description

(lot of 3) American Art Nouveau style sterling silver dressing table articles, including: (2) Whiting Manufacturing Company, each having intricate repousse flowers and foliate scrollwork, single L monogram, hallmarked sterling with maker's mark at side, (one) hand mirror, marked 523, silver loss to mirror plate, light denting, approx 11.5"l, 5.75"w; (one) hairbrush, marked 501, approx 11"l, 3"w; (1) clothes brush, with repousse scroll motifs, partially-obliterated triple monogram LHM?, hallmarked sterling 925/ 1000 8164 at side, scattered light denting, approx 3.75"l, 1 1/8"w; 1.5lbs total Provenance: The lifetime collection of Lynn Roth Jordan (Louisiana, Texas, 1943-2021). As an active member of the Austin Antiques Club for many years, Lynn was deeply embedded in the antiques community here in Austin. Her New Orleans upbringing in a family of collectors (many of the pieces come from her mother's estate), combined with her frequent trips to England, gave her a unique understanding of provenance, quality, and historical significance. The estate features an extensive array of English furniture alongside antique decorative objects, the kind of exceptional pieces that only reveal themselves to collectors who know where to look and what to seek.