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MARK OF JOHN HUNT AND ROBERT ROSKELL, LONDON, 1901
Details
A pair of Edward VII silver salt-cellars
Mark of John Hunt and Robert Roskell, London, 1901
Each on shaped square base cast and chased to simulate grass, one formed as a boy with a basket holding a bunch of grapes aloft in his left hand, the other formed as a girl with a basket holding a rose aloft in her right hand, each in 18th century dress, the basket interiors gilded, marked on bases, each stamped 'HUNT AND ROSKELL LTD LATE STORR AND MORTIMER'
6 7/8in. (17cm.) high
34oz. (1,061gr.) (2)
Mark of John Hunt and Robert Roskell, London, 1901
Each on shaped square base cast and chased to simulate grass, one formed as a boy with a basket holding a bunch of grapes aloft in his left hand, the other formed as a girl with a basket holding a rose aloft in her right hand, each in 18th century dress, the basket interiors gilded, marked on bases, each stamped 'HUNT AND ROSKELL LTD LATE STORR AND MORTIMER'
6 7/8in. (17cm.) high
34oz. (1,061gr.) (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 25 November 1987, lot 102.
Special notice
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