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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER VEGETABLE DISHES AND COVERS ON PLATED WARMER STANDS
LONDON, 1853, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT
Of shaped circular form, the rims applied with foliate scrolls and rocaille and each with two rocaille handles, the fluted high domed covers surmounted by heraldic crest finials in the form of a lion passant crowned, the dishes and covers engraved with a coat-of-arms within an asymetrical foliate scroll cartouche, the circular stands pierced with scrolls and raised on foliate scroll feet, each with two similar handles, with removable liners, marked on reverses, covers and finials, the dishes also stamped HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR & MORTIMER--length over handles 13 1/2in. (34cm.)
(113 oz.) (4)
LONDON, 1853, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT
Of shaped circular form, the rims applied with foliate scrolls and rocaille and each with two rocaille handles, the fluted high domed covers surmounted by heraldic crest finials in the form of a lion passant crowned, the dishes and covers engraved with a coat-of-arms within an asymetrical foliate scroll cartouche, the circular stands pierced with scrolls and raised on foliate scroll feet, each with two similar handles, with removable liners, marked on reverses, covers and finials, the dishes also stamped HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR & MORTIMER--length over handles 13 1/2in. (34cm.)
(113 oz.) (4)