. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . Snuff Box Porringer 12 Early Eighteenth Century Plate. Brazier or Chafing Dish [13] EARLY SILVER OF CONNECTICUT AND ITS MAKERS ovoid, or egg-shaped, and the end of thehandle was rounded, without the notch. The rat-tail was gradually replaced bywhat is known as the drop, or double drop,frequently terminating in a conventional-ized flower or shell, or anthemion, whiledown the front of the handle ran a rib. Later the bowl became more pointed,the drop was replaced by a tongue, and thehandle about 1760, instead of slightly curv-ing to the front at the
. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . Snuff Box Porringer 12 Early Eighteenth Century Plate. Brazier or Chafing Dish [13] EARLY SILVER OF CONNECTICUT AND ITS MAKERS ovoid, or egg-shaped, and the end of thehandle was rounded, without the notch. The rat-tail was gradually replaced bywhat is known as the drop, or double drop,frequently terminating in a conventional-ized flower or shell, or anthemion, whiledown the front of the handle ran a rib. Later the bowl became more pointed,the drop was replaced by a tongue, and thehandle about 1760, instead of slightly curv-ing to the front at the end, reversed theposition. A little later the handle becamepointed, and was engraved with brightcut ornaments and a cartouche at the end,in which were engraved the initials of theowner. During the first ten years of the nine-teenth century a popular style was theso-called coffin-shaped handle, succeededprobably about 1810 by a handle with ashoulder just above the junction with thebowl, while the end became fiddle-shaped,or of a style now known as tipped,—shapesproduced to this day. Up to about
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