2 European Sterling Silver Figures, Musician & Guard
1st item: German sterling silver figure depicting a musician with carved head standing and playing the flute, while a monkey sits atop the flute and observes, on a pierced round base inset with colored stones and with figural mice feet. The underside of the base is marked STERLING .925 GERMANY. 5 1/2" H x 3 1/4" W x 1 3/4" D. 4.980 troy ounces. 2nd item: Northern European .800 silver figure depicting a night watchman standing with his weapon, bugle, and lantern on a squared base, all edged with various inset colored stones. Marked N and 13 on the base edge. 6 1/2" H x 3 1/8" W x 2 1/4" D. 10.285 troy ounces. Both German, early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.
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Condition Report: Both figures overall good condition with light general wear.
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1st item: German sterling silver figure depicting a musician with carved head standing and playing the flute, while a monkey sits atop the flute and observes, on a pierced round base inset with colored stones and with figural mice feet. The underside of the base is marked STERLING .925 GERMANY. 5 1/2" H x 3 1/4" W x 1 3/4" D. 4.980 troy ounces. 2nd item: Northern European .800 silver figure depicting a night watchman standing with his weapon, bugle, and lantern on a squared base, all edged with various inset colored stones. Marked N and 13 on the base edge. 6 1/2" H x 3 1/8" W x 2 1/4" D. 10.285 troy ounces. Both German, early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.
See description for provenance information.
Condition Report: Both figures overall good condition with light general wear.
