A Christolfe silverplate cake server. Mid 19th century. 11 3/8" overall. Provenance: From the Estates of Raymond Bahor & Michael Mahoney. Mahoney was a professor and Chair of the Fine Arts department at Trinity College in Hartford,Connecticut, until he retired in 1991. Prior to that he was a curator and editor at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

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