MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1853

细节

A VICTORIAN SILVER SALT-CELLAR
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1853
On oval rockwork base, cast and chased to simulate water, the salt cellar formed as a triton holding a shell, marked under base, also stamped HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR & MORTIMER, numbered 6463 and engraved Gen 1, 13 11
Length of base 4¼in. (10.9cm.); 180z. (567gr.)

拍品专文

The design of the triton with shell salt-cellar is attributed to the painter and sculptor William Theed (1764-1817) and was one of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell's most opulent Regency designs. There are at least three variations of this model, each with a different base. A set of four silver-gilt salt-cellars set upon a rectangular plinth, by Paul Storr of 1812 sold in the Rooms on October 20, 1999, lot 182.