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Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 01-30-2010 04:32 PM This massive punch set from 1965 by Old Newbury Crafters sold for $15K at Christie's last week. A lot of money, but a lot of silver for the money. And, thinking about the Jensen influence in America, a perfect spot-on representation of American modern taste in the 1960s. Way cool IP: Logged
June Martin Forum Master Posts: 1326 Registered: Apr 93	posted 02-07-2010 03:04 PM What a gorgeous set! IP: Logged
vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 02-08-2010 08:03 AM Any way to find out who it was originally made for? IP: Logged
Ulysses Dietz Moderator Posts: 1265 Registered: May 99	posted 02-09-2010 02:30 PM Here's the only tag it had in the Christie's auction catalogue: PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE CHILDREN OF J. IRWIN AND XENIA S. MILLER It was retailed by Shreve, Crump & Low, Boston. This is a very interesting provenance--because the Millers were huge supporters of modern architecture, and thus this punch set would have made perfect sense for them. A quick check on the Millers got me this information: quote: J. Irwin Miller, an industrialist from Columbus, Indiana, and his wife Xenia Simons Miller, were major philanthropists and patrons of the arts who were instrumental in turning Columbus in America into a showcase for modern architecture. Their passion for civic renewal was matched with a belief that art is an essential element of a meaningful life, and the seventeen Impressionist and Modern works together are expected to realize in excess of $40 million / $80 million. IP: Logged
middletom Posts: 467 Registered: May 2004	posted 02-09-2010 05:37 PM That is our Paladian punch set. I don't know who the designer was, though I can find out, I suspect. Shortly after my arrival at ONC, the last one was being made. We only made ten sets. The bowl and its base and the cups were spun by Fletcher Carter, the hammering and bead application work was done by Bob Bean. Dan Morrill did the enamaling of the pedestal plaques. I do recall that Dan had some trouble getting the enamaling to look right and he had to make far more than were used because of rejections. The punch ladle was probably made by Bob Lapham. That is the second auction of one of our Paladian sets in the past two years. middletom IP: Logged
June Martin Forum Master Posts: 1326 Registered: Apr 93	posted 02-10-2010 10:01 PM middletom, thank you so much for chiming in with the history of the making of the set. I was hoping you would provide some enlightenment. Thanks again. IP: Logged
middletom Posts: 467 Registered: May 2004	posted 02-17-2010 05:46 PM I spoke today with Bob Lapham about the Paladian set, as he predates me here at ONC. He couldn't recall who had designed it though he thought it may have been Swift Barnes' own idea with influence from his european trips. The whole Paladian project was done in conjunction with Shreve, Crump&Low, so they may have influenced the design, also. The original price for the set was $10,000, so the price has not risen much in forty years. middletom IP: Logged

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