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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SALTS
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SALTS

MARK OF JOSEPH CRADDOCK & WILLIAM REID, LONDON, 1819

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SALTS
MARK OF JOSEPH CRADDOCK & WILLIAM REID, LONDON, 1819
The shell shaped gilt bowl with an openwork rocaille motif handle, supported on a base realistically cast as a tortoise - 4¾in. (12cm.) long, 17oz. (2)
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Lot Essay

Other examples of this unusual model by the same maker include a condiment set of the same date, comprising: four salts, two mustard pots and six spoons, sold Christie's London, 9 December 1959, lot 146A and two pairs of salts, dated 1814 and 1822, sold Christie's London, 30 April 1996, lot 37.

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