Pair of Early George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
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Description
Pair of Early George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
hallmarked London, 1762-1763, by David Hennell I (1712-1785; free 1735), oval cauldron form, with wavy gadrooned rim, the body decorated with spiral gadroons and flutes, raised on four shell-crested scroll-and-shell feet, the interiors gilt, engraved with a crest of a dove close.
h. 2", l. 3-1/2", w. 2-7/8"; 10.05 total t. oz.
Literature: Percy Hennell, Hennell Silver Salt Cellars, 1736 to 1876 (East Grubstead, Sussex: BLA Publishing & the author, 1986), p. 41, pl. 16 (illustrated).
Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Third Edition (London: Faber & Faber, 1990), pp. 543 & 753.
hallmarked London, 1762-1763, by David Hennell I (1712-1785; free 1735), oval cauldron form, with wavy gadrooned rim, the body decorated with spiral gadroons and flutes, raised on four shell-crested scroll-and-shell feet, the interiors gilt, engraved with a crest of a dove close.
h. 2", l. 3-1/2", w. 2-7/8"; 10.05 total t. oz.
Literature: Percy Hennell, Hennell Silver Salt Cellars, 1736 to 1876 (East Grubstead, Sussex: BLA Publishing & the author, 1986), p. 41, pl. 16 (illustrated).
Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Third Edition (London: Faber & Faber, 1990), pp. 543 & 753.
Condition
**In overall very good condition with no issues noted beyond minor surface wear commensurate with age and use. Hallmarks generally good, although the maker's mark is part-rubbed on both (but legible in toto).
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Pair of Early George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
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