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FOR A SIMILAR MAKER'S MARK SEE GRIMWADE, NO. 3697
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A GEORGE III SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY CASKET
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A GEORGE III SILVER-MOUNTED EBONY CASKET
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN WELDRING OF JAMES WIBURD, LONDON, CIRCA 1765
OBLONG AND ON SIX CLAW-AND-BALL FEET AND WITH FRETTED SQUARE BASE, WITH TWO HINGED DOORS AND LOCKPLATE, THE INTERIOR WITH THREE PIGEON HOLES AND TWO DRAWERS, THE MOUNTS PIERCED WITH SCROLLS AND WITH TWO LEAF-CAPPED CARRYING HANDLES EACH ENGRAVED WITH A MONGRAM. MARKED ON THE MAJORITY OF MOUNTS - 14IN. (35.5CM.) HIGH
MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN WELDRING OF JAMES WIBURD, LONDON, CIRCA 1765
OBLONG AND ON SIX CLAW-AND-BALL FEET AND WITH FRETTED SQUARE BASE, WITH TWO HINGED DOORS AND LOCKPLATE, THE INTERIOR WITH THREE PIGEON HOLES AND TWO DRAWERS, THE MOUNTS PIERCED WITH SCROLLS AND WITH TWO LEAF-CAPPED CARRYING HANDLES EACH ENGRAVED WITH A MONGRAM. MARKED ON THE MAJORITY OF MOUNTS - 14IN. (35.5CM.) HIGH