AMERICAN COIN SILVER PINT-SIZE CANN,Ephraim Brasher, New York, circa 1768. Baluster form body with flaring lip and spreading, stepped, domed foot rim; cast double-scroll handle with acanthus leaf and volute thumbpiece and bird's beak terminal; engraved with crest of fish on torse centered by pair barred wings, above conjoined bright-cut script monogram, "FJP". - 14 oz.; 4 3/4 in. high. Estimate $8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of John F. Reynders. Purchased from Gebelein Silversmiths, Boston, MA., January 7, 1967. Original purchase information available
