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Property from the Estate of Benjamin F. Edwards III
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SALVERS
MARK OF HUGH MILLS, LONDON, 1749
Details
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SALVERS
MARK OF HUGH MILLS, LONDON, 1749
Each shaped circular, on three acanthus scroll feet, the gadrooned rim with shells, acanthus and winged putti at intervals, the border flat-chased with rocaille, foliage and scrolls amid fish-scale decoration, the center engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, marked under bases and with scratch weights 47=8 and 48=8
14½ in. (36.3 cm.) diameter; 93 oz. 10 dwt. (2,922 gr.) (2)
MARK OF HUGH MILLS, LONDON, 1749
Each shaped circular, on three acanthus scroll feet, the gadrooned rim with shells, acanthus and winged putti at intervals, the border flat-chased with rocaille, foliage and scrolls amid fish-scale decoration, the center engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate scroll and rocaille cartouche, marked under bases and with scratch weights 47=8 and 48=8
14½ in. (36.3 cm.) diameter; 93 oz. 10 dwt. (2,922 gr.) (2)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 28 April 1992, lot 239
S. J. Shrubsole, New York, 2007
S. J. Shrubsole, New York, 2007
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