Sale 19022
New York
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14 October 2020
Price realised
USD 1,625
Estimate
A SET OF THREE QUEEN ANNE SILVER CASTERS MARK OF CHARLES ADAM, LONDON, 1708 Comprising one large and two smaller casters, all with banded cylindrical bodies, high domed covers pierced with foliage, with spherical finials, bayonet fitting, the largest engraved with a later coat-of-arms, the smaller two with block initials I/W*E, marked on sides and covers 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high, the larger 12 oz. 18 dwt. (401 gr.)
Provenance
Acquired from Peter Guille, London, 1951
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