Details
A George III beaded drum mustard pot with blue glass liner, ribbed scroll handle, and domed, hinged cover with openwork shell thumb-piece and vase-shaped finial, the body finely-pierced and bright-cut with foliate swags, Vitruvian scroll friezes, and boat-shaped paterae, the front of the body with a vacant oval cartouche, Hester Bateman, London 1784, struck with both the duty mark and the scarce duty drawback mark - 4in.
The duty on silver was reintroduced on 1 December 1784, when a fee of 6d. per ounce became payable. This could be claimed back when finished articles were exported, the repayment indicated by the application of another punch which showed an incuse standing figure of Britannia holding a spear and a shield. There were numerous complaints about damage to more delicate pieces as this stamp was added after both manufacture and decoration had been completed. As a result this mark, now known as the 'duty drawback mark', was withdrawn from use after 24 July 1785, although repayment of duty was still allowed on proof of export. Used for less than eight months, the duty drawback mark is now scarce.
See Plate 5
The duty on silver was reintroduced on 1 December 1784, when a fee of 6d. per ounce became payable. This could be claimed back when finished articles were exported, the repayment indicated by the application of another punch which showed an incuse standing figure of Britannia holding a spear and a shield. There were numerous complaints about damage to more delicate pieces as this stamp was added after both manufacture and decoration had been completed. As a result this mark, now known as the 'duty drawback mark', was withdrawn from use after 24 July 1785, although repayment of duty was still allowed on proof of export. Used for less than eight months, the duty drawback mark is now scarce.
See Plate 5