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MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM HOLMES, 1770
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE TUREENS AND COVERS
Maker's mark of William Holmes, 1770
Each of oval form on four beaded foliage scroll feet, with shell and ring handles issuing from foliage, shaped beaded rims with flowerheads at intervals, the covers with a punch-beaded border, chased with shells and foliage, the finials formed as pomegranates on a foliage calyx, engraved with two coats-of-arms within shield-shaped cartouche with ribbon-tied foliage mantling
9in. (23cm.) wide overall
42oz. (2)
Maker's mark of William Holmes, 1770
Each of oval form on four beaded foliage scroll feet, with shell and ring handles issuing from foliage, shaped beaded rims with flowerheads at intervals, the covers with a punch-beaded border, chased with shells and foliage, the finials formed as pomegranates on a foliage calyx, engraved with two coats-of-arms within shield-shaped cartouche with ribbon-tied foliage mantling
9in. (23cm.) wide overall
42oz. (2)