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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER SALT CELLARS
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT, LONDON, 1850
Shell form, (hippopus hippopus, a member of th Giant Clam families of tropical waters) on spreading bases in the form of coral branches, with gilt interiors, marked under bowls and on bases--4 1/4in. long
(38oz. 10dwt., 1201gr.) (4)
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT, LONDON, 1850
Shell form, (hippopus hippopus, a member of th Giant Clam families of tropical waters) on spreading bases in the form of coral branches, with gilt interiors, marked under bowls and on bases--4 1/4in. long
(38oz. 10dwt., 1201gr.) (4)
Provenance
Estate of Mary Symphorosa Livermore & Mrs. C.D. Jackson, The Lakeside 'Stables,' Stockbridge, Massachusetts. They were daughters of Charles Astor Bristed Jr. and great-grand daughters of Theodore Sedgwick and John Jacob Astor.