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MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1844
Details
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND COVERS
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1844
Each lobed circular, the everted rim applied with foliate scrolls, with two shell-form handles, the cover with similar border on rim and shoulder, surmounted by a later plated handle, one side of cover engraved with coat-of-arms and crest within foliate mantling, each marked on body and cover, the handles unmarked, also stamped under bases HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR, MORTIMER & HUNT
12¾in. (32.5cm.) long over handles; 114oz. 10dwt. (3568gr.) weighable silver (2)
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1844
Each lobed circular, the everted rim applied with foliate scrolls, with two shell-form handles, the cover with similar border on rim and shoulder, surmounted by a later plated handle, one side of cover engraved with coat-of-arms and crest within foliate mantling, each marked on body and cover, the handles unmarked, also stamped under bases HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR, MORTIMER & HUNT
12¾in. (32.5cm.) long over handles; 114oz. 10dwt. (3568gr.) weighable silver (2)
Provenance
Christie's, New York, October 25, 1988, lot 209