A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER BUTTER-SHELLS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER BUTTER-SHELLS

MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1750

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A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER BUTTER-SHELLS
MARK OF EDWARD WAKELIN, LONDON, 1750
Each of scallop shell form on two bud feet, the shaped valve with wavy rim, later engraved with a crest with viscount's coronet above, marked on reverse
5 in. (12.6 cm.)
9 oz. (274 gr.)
The crest is that of Cole, almost certainly for William, 1st Viscount Enniskillen (1736-1803), later created 1st Earl of Enniskillen in 1789. (2)
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