MARK OF JOSEPH CRADDOCK AND WILLIAM REID, LONDON, 1815 AND 1818

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FOUR GEORGE III SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF JOSEPH CRADDOCK AND WILLIAM REID, LONDON, 1815 AND 1818
Each with shell shaped gilt bowl with openwork rocaille handle and shell and rocaille border, on a base realistically cast as a turtle, engraved with a crest and motto above initials 'CEL', marked on side
4½ in. (11.6 cm.) long
32.5 oz. (1,010 gr.)
The crest is that of Lefroy, for Charles Edward Lefroy (b.1785), son of Issac Lefroy (d.1806), fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. (4)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 8 June 1995, lot 63

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Lot Essay

Other examples of this unusual model by the same makers 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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