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VARIOUS MAKERS AND DATES
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A GROUP OF SILVER SALT CELLARS, SALT SPOONS AND ONE MUSTARD POT
Various makers and dates
Comprising:
A pair of Victorian salt cellars, in George III style, circular, with three lion's mask feet, repoussé with flowers, engraved with monogram VMH (for Valentine and Mary Hall), mark of Robert Harper, London, 1859, 3¼in. (8.3cm.) diameter
A pair of Continental salt cellars, each oval with classical decoration and blue glass liners, probably German, circa 1890, with pseudo hallmarks, 3½in. (9cm.) long
A pair of American salt cellars, circular and pierced with pales, with blue glass liners, mark of Howard & Co., New York, 1902, 3in. (7.6cm.) diameter
A George III salt cellar, navette-form, mark of Crespin Fuller, London, 1800, 51/8in. (13cm.) long
A George V mustard pot, oval with reeded borders, mark of Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Co., Sheffield, 1919, 31/8in. (8cm.) high
Eight American salt spoons: a pair by Tiffany, engraved ER, one by Black, Starr & Frost, engraved AER; a silver-plated pair by Gorham; one by Kirk, engraved ECS; a silver-plated spoon, engraved MLH; one by Gorham, engraved L
A pair of American silver salt spoons, with Hall monogram, mark of William Gale & Son, New York
Two George III salt spoons, one Fiddle pattern, one Old English, London, 1810 and 1814
23oz. (715gr.) weighable silver (20)
Various makers and dates
Comprising:
A pair of Victorian salt cellars, in George III style, circular, with three lion's mask feet, repoussé with flowers, engraved with monogram VMH (for Valentine and Mary Hall), mark of Robert Harper, London, 1859, 3¼in. (8.3cm.) diameter
A pair of Continental salt cellars, each oval with classical decoration and blue glass liners, probably German, circa 1890, with pseudo hallmarks, 3½in. (9cm.) long
A pair of American salt cellars, circular and pierced with pales, with blue glass liners, mark of Howard & Co., New York, 1902, 3in. (7.6cm.) diameter
A George III salt cellar, navette-form, mark of Crespin Fuller, London, 1800, 51/8in. (13cm.) long
A George V mustard pot, oval with reeded borders, mark of Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' Co., Sheffield, 1919, 31/8in. (8cm.) high
Eight American salt spoons: a pair by Tiffany, engraved ER, one by Black, Starr & Frost, engraved AER; a silver-plated pair by Gorham; one by Kirk, engraved ECS; a silver-plated spoon, engraved MLH; one by Gorham, engraved L
A pair of American silver salt spoons, with Hall monogram, mark of William Gale & Son, New York
Two George III salt spoons, one Fiddle pattern, one Old English, London, 1810 and 1814
23oz. (715gr.) weighable silver (20)
Provenance
All of the items were used by Eleanor Roosevelt at Val-Kill. The salt cellars and the mustard pot are shown in a photograph of the dining room at Val-Kill.
The Victorian salt cellars bear the monogram of Valentine G. Hall and Mary Ludlow Hall, grandparents of Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Victorian salt cellars bear the monogram of Valentine G. Hall and Mary Ludlow Hall, grandparents of Eleanor Roosevelt.