Lot Essay
For two almost identical salt-cellars, made in the same year, and possibly the same maker see Leids Zilver, n. 104
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MARKED WITH INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK (POSSIBLY F IN SHIELD), LEIDEN, 1774, ONE SALT-CELLAR ONLY STRUCK WITH TOWNMARK
Details
Two silver salt-cellars with later blue glass-liners
Marked with indistinct maker's mark (possibly F in shield), Leiden, 1774, one salt-cellar only struck with townmark
Each on three scroll feet terminating in a rocaille and foliage openworked border, with later blue glass-liner, marked on reverse upper rim
6.5 cm. diam.
112 gr. (excluding glass-liners) (2)
Marked with indistinct maker's mark (possibly F in shield), Leiden, 1774, one salt-cellar only struck with townmark
Each on three scroll feet terminating in a rocaille and foliage openworked border, with later blue glass-liner, marked on reverse upper rim
6.5 cm. diam.
112 gr. (excluding glass-liners) (2)
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