Seven Pieces of Victorian Sterling Silver Hollowware

Description:

Seven Pieces of Victorian Sterling Silver Hollowware, six London: a shell-form pair of salts with dolphin feet, 1867-68, Robert Hennell, maker, lg. 2 1/2 and a pair of salts with cobalt liners inset in a silver stand with pendant swags on three tapered legs with grotesque masks to each knee, 1866-67, with rubbed maker's marks, ht. 2 1/4; an urn-form pair of shakers with pendant swags offset by flowerheads on a stepped square foot, 1888-89, maker's mark "J.B," ht. 3 5/8; and a mustard pot with a gadrooned body and inset cobalt liner, Birmingham, 1876-77, Deakin & Francis, lg. 3 1/4 in., approx. 9.9 troy oz. total.
Estimate $200-400


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