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MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1846
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A PAIR OF FINE VICTORIAN SILVER SUGAR VASES AND COVERS WITH A MATCHING LADLE
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1846
Inverted pyriform, on a circular foot realistically formed as the trunk of a vine, rising to openwork entwined grapevine trellis, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a bacchic putto holding grapes and a cup, with frosted glass liners; the sifter with a grapevine bowl and entwined branch handle, marked on bases and finials, under covers, and on sugar sifter, the base rims stamped HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER & HUNT 3015
13in. (33cm.) high; 67oz. (2091gr.) weighable silver (3)
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1846
Inverted pyriform, on a circular foot realistically formed as the trunk of a vine, rising to openwork entwined grapevine trellis, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a bacchic putto holding grapes and a cup, with frosted glass liners; the sifter with a grapevine bowl and entwined branch handle, marked on bases and finials, under covers, and on sugar sifter, the base rims stamped HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER & HUNT 3015
13in. (33cm.) high; 67oz. (2091gr.) weighable silver (3)