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MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1797,
Details
A RARE GEORGE III SILVER CREAM SKIMMER,
MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1797,
The slightly concave circular body pierced at centre with a geometric design, the thread-edged ring handle with oval thumbpiece engraved with crest of a bull's head erased, gorged with a ducal coronet, scratch-engraved on handle re-enforcement "13 oz. 15 dw", 10 in. diameter (25.3 cm.), 14 oz.
MARK OF JOHN EMES, LONDON, 1797,
The slightly concave circular body pierced at centre with a geometric design, the thread-edged ring handle with oval thumbpiece engraved with crest of a bull's head erased, gorged with a ducal coronet, scratch-engraved on handle re-enforcement "13 oz. 15 dw", 10 in. diameter (25.3 cm.), 14 oz.
Literature
This is the example quoted on p.81, "The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and Gold of Great Britain and North America", - Michael Clayton, 1971.
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