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MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID, LONDON, 1853
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A VICTORIAN SILVER CRUET-FRAME
MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID, LONDON, 1853
The double-circle frame on four scroll and pad feet, with three-ring bottle-holders and scroll handle, the faceted bottles each with star-cut base and faceted silver collar mount, hinged foliate cover and scroll handle, the frame engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked on base of frame and on bottle collars and covers
8 in. (20 cm.) high
The frame - 15 oz. (467 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) (3)
MARK OF WILLIAM KER REID, LONDON, 1853
The double-circle frame on four scroll and pad feet, with three-ring bottle-holders and scroll handle, the faceted bottles each with star-cut base and faceted silver collar mount, hinged foliate cover and scroll handle, the frame engraved with two crests and motto with earl's coronet above, marked on base of frame and on bottle collars and covers
8 in. (20 cm.) high
The frame - 15 oz. (467 gr.)
The crests are those of Byng, for John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) (3)
Provenance
John, 1st Earl of Strafford G.C.B. (1772-1860) and by descent.
Literature
Manuscript Inventory of Pictures and Plate created Heirloom under the will of the late George Stevens Byng, Earl of Strafford, December 1887. J.E. Boodle, Surveyor, 89 Chancery Lane, London WC1: The Plate in the Custody of Messers Garrard & Co, 25 Haymarket, SW1, p.17 'A modern ditto [oil and vinegar frame with two mounted cruets] with labels to match 19oz'.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.