MAKER'S MARK R & K, LONDON, 1969; AND MAKER'S MARK OF HENRY STRATFORD, SHEFFIELD, 1885; SPOON MAKER'S MARK OF GERRITSEN & VAN KEMPEN, 1924-1961; UNMARKED, PROBABLY GERMANY, 19 CENTURY; MAKER'S MARK C H F, EDINBURGH, 1826
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An English silver sugar caster, mustard pot with spoon, a Scottish silver guilt clasp and a silver wedding medal
Maker's mark R & K, London, 1969; and maker's mark of Henry Stratford, Sheffield, 1885; spoon maker's mark of Gerritsen & van Kempen, 1924-1961; unmarked, probably Germany, 19 Century; Maker's mark C H F, Edinburgh, 1826
The sugar-caster octagonal baluster-shaped, on stepped base, the high-domed cover pierced with scrolls and surmounted by a baluster finial; the mustard-pot cylindrical, with beaded rims, shaped handle and scroll thumbpiece, the hinged cover engraved with a crest, the non fitting spoon reeded; the circular medal, pierced for suspending, on one side with wedding scene and inscribed with Praeside Coelesti Halitu Luceque beatum, on the other side with two doves in fruit, foliage and heart cartouche, inscribed with Bar-Chus amydalinis Lysae fit amabilis ulnis * Pace et Amore duo concrescunt in unum; the circualr clasp with a wide foliage and fruit band, centered by a white glass stone on red foil, on reverse enamelled
17cm. (6in.) and 7cm. (2in.) high (caster)
marked beneath rim and on cover
326gr. weighable silver (2)
Maker's mark R & K, London, 1969; and maker's mark of Henry Stratford, Sheffield, 1885; spoon maker's mark of Gerritsen & van Kempen, 1924-1961; unmarked, probably Germany, 19 Century; Maker's mark C H F, Edinburgh, 1826
The sugar-caster octagonal baluster-shaped, on stepped base, the high-domed cover pierced with scrolls and surmounted by a baluster finial; the mustard-pot cylindrical, with beaded rims, shaped handle and scroll thumbpiece, the hinged cover engraved with a crest, the non fitting spoon reeded; the circular medal, pierced for suspending, on one side with wedding scene and inscribed with Praeside Coelesti Halitu Luceque beatum, on the other side with two doves in fruit, foliage and heart cartouche, inscribed with Bar-Chus amydalinis Lysae fit amabilis ulnis * Pace et Amore duo concrescunt in unum; the circualr clasp with a wide foliage and fruit band, centered by a white glass stone on red foil, on reverse enamelled
17cm. (6in.) and 7cm. (2in.) high (caster)
marked beneath rim and on cover
326gr. weighable silver (2)