Vintage Newport Sterling Silver 6.5" Sauce Ladle, Brandy Warmer or "Silver Pipkin" c.1780 there are no flaws to

there are no flaws to note on the gouache painting on thin surface panel

These 148 years hence

the charming pair of profile portraits in pastel (chalk) housed within do not have either signature nor date

A few tiny nips to the wood case here & there and there are cracks in the bezel at about the 10 & 3 o'clock positions but no larger chips

I'll have to go back and look closer but I seem to remember that the base of this one is marked "Baccarat"

Vintage Newport Sterling Silver 6.5" Sauce Ladle, Brandy Warmer or "Silver Pipkin" c.1780 there are no flaws toFine antique to vintage American Colonial Revival style Newport sterling silver 6. 5" long sauce ladle, brandy warmer or "silver pipkin" with turned ebony or ebonized wood handle and in wonderful condition! With a relatively modern look, here we have a sterling silver brandy saucepan (also called a brandy warmer) with pouring lip or spout & original turned wood handle. These were commonly used in the 18thearly 20th centuries for warming brandy or