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PROPERTY FROM A PITTSBURGH COLLECTION
A QUEEN ANNE SILVER BASTING SPOON
MARK OF JOHN EAST, LONDON, 1712
Details
A QUEEN ANNE SILVER BASTING SPOON
MARK OF JOHN EAST, LONDON, 1712
The cannon handle tapering cylindrical, with two ferrules along the shaft, terminating in a knop finial, the handle with squared join and the bowl with rat tail, marked on reverse of bowl, the handle struck twice with maker's mark
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long; 5 oz. 10 dwt. (185 gr.)
MARK OF JOHN EAST, LONDON, 1712
The cannon handle tapering cylindrical, with two ferrules along the shaft, terminating in a knop finial, the handle with squared join and the bowl with rat tail, marked on reverse of bowl, the handle struck twice with maker's mark
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) long; 5 oz. 10 dwt. (185 gr.)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Scheiner, sold Christie's, New York, 24 May 1977, lot 89.