Group Decorative Accessories
five pieces coin silver flatware with fiddle handles, ladle with marks for George H. Bechtel (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, working 1850-1861), monogram, 9-1/2 in.; two spoons with marks for retailer W. B. Eltonhead (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, working 1849-1880), monograms; two spoons with marked "PN" with pseudo hallmarks, 9.44 oz. T., 9-1/4 in. to 9-1/2 in., [coin silver with average wear;] hand-knitted bedcover and sham, mid-20th century, attributed to Botetourt County, Virginia, in leaf pattern, 86 x 70 in., sham or partial cover 82 x 20 in., [light stains, wear;] 19th century accessories: pair tiebacks with painted flowers, 4-1/8 in. diameter, [both bent, dents, losses to sides, areas of paint loss;] white porcelain small footed tureen base, busts of classical figures at sides, tripod animal-paw feet, unmarked, 6 x 5-1/2 in., [traces of old gilding on busts, age crack from rim into body with minor chips, age crack to base;] labeled Antonius Stadivari Cremona style violin, late 19th century copy of a 1725 model, 23-1/4 x 8-1/4 x 2-3/4 in., [crack and repair to body, lacking two tuning pegs, strings and bridge and fine tuners, extensive surface abrasions;] with a printed engraved profile portrait of Louis XVIII, [Roi d'France et de Nave Arre] from John Nichols, [The Gentleman] magazine, 1824, 8-1/2 x 5 in., unframed, [discoloration overall with water stains and foxing] . Provenance: Deaccessioned from James Madison's Montpelier, Proceeds to Benefit the Collection