Two Steel, Brass, and Wood Sharpening Steels and a Bronze Pot

Description:

Two Steel, Brass, and Wood Sharpening Steels and a Bronze Pot, America or England, late 18th/early 19th century, the round-bellied pot with no feet, ht. 4 3/4, and each steel with brass hanging loop marked with impressed eagle and star, brass head-shaped finial, turned wooden handle, and sharpening steel, one with impressed mark "[indistinct] WRIGHT & SON/CAST STEEL," lg. 18 in.

Provenance: The Howard Roth Collection.
Estimate $200-400

A few scattered dents from use.


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