Fall Online-Only Auction | November 8, 2018

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311 Nine Queen Anne to George II Sterling and Britannia Silver Salt Cellars

312 Eight Georgian and Early Victorian Sterling Silver Salt Cellars

including: A pair of Queen Anne Britannia Silver Trencher Salts, hallmarked London, 1707-1708 and 1709-1710, by “Co”, circular with waisted base, with annular band, base and rim, monogrammed on the underside “DT”, h. 1-1/2”, dia. 2-7/8”; 4.78 total t. oz. A pair of Queen Anne Britannia Silver Trencher Salts, hallmarked London, 1713-1714, by Joseph Clare I (16861725; free 1712), circular decagonally paneled form, monogrammed “S/W*M”. h. 1-5/8”, dia. 2-7/8”; 3.99 total t. oz. George I Britannia Silver Trencher Salt, hallmarked London, 1718-1719, by James Roode (1685-1721; free 1710) of canted rectangular form with waisted sides. h. 1”, l. 2-3/4”, w. 2-1/4”; 1.44 t. oz. A pair of George II Sterling Silver Trencher Salts, hallmarked London, 1735-1736, by Edward Wood (ca. 1701-1751; free 1722), of traditional canted rectangular form with concave sides, h. 1-1/8”, l. 2-7/8”, w. 2-1/4”; 2.20 total t. oz. A pair of George II Sterling Silver Trencher Salts, hallmarked London, 1736-1737, probably James Stone (ca. 1701-after 1722; free 1722), canted rectangular and waisted paneled form, the interior gilt, monogrammed on the underside “M*M”, h 1-1/8”, l. 2-7/8”, w. 2-3/8”; 3.21 total t. oz. 15.62 total t. oz.

Including: A pair of George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars, hallmarked London, 1777-1778, by Robert Hennell I (1741-1811; free 1763), oval form, the reticulated gallery with beaded rim and molded base, raised on four flat claw-and-ball feet and fitted with a conforming cobalt glass liner (one lacking), h. 2”, l. 3-1/4”, w. 2-1/2”; 2.92 total t. oz. (excluding liner) A pair of George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars, London, 17861787, by Henry Chawner (1764-1851; free 1785), navette pedestal form, with upswept ends raised on a conforming pedestal foot, with beaded rim and base, engraved with a crest of a stock dove holding in its beak a branch fructed, h. 2-3/4”, l. 4-1/4”, w. 2-1/2”; 5.30 total t. oz. A set of Four Early Victorian Sterling Silver Salt Cellars; hallmarked London, 1838-1839, by Mary & Richard Sibley (fl. 1836-1838), retailed by Robert Makepeace & Co., cauldron form, with wavy gadrooned rim, the body elaborately decorated with engraved and flat-chased rococo shells and scrolls on imbricate and diapered grounds, raised on four shell-crested scroll-and-stepped-pad feet, the interiors gilt, engraved with the crest of Moses et al. (a cock regardant proper) and monogrammed “JM”, h. 2”, dia. 3-1/4”; 16.13 total t. oz. 24.35 total t. oz. (weighable silver) Literature: Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 16971837: Their Marks and Lives, Third Edition (London: Faber & Faber, 1990), pp. 463, 543, 658 & 741.

Literature: Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 16971837: Their Marks and Lives, Third Edition (London: Faber & Faber, 1990), pp. 40, 250, 465, 647, 671 & 709

Percy Hennell, Hennell Silver Salt Cellars, 1736 to 1876 (East Grubstead, Sussex: BLA Publishing & the author, 1986), p. 98, pl. 79A & B (illustrated).

$1,000-$1,500

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