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MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, ONE 1755, THE OTHER WITH MAKER'S MARK STRUCK FOUR TIMES
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TWO GEORGE II SILVER SOUP LADLES
MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, ONE 1755, THE OTHER WITH MAKER'S MARK STRUCK FOUR TIMES
Each with a foliage terminal and a shell bowl, each engraved with the Spencer crest below an earl's coronet
16¼ in. (41.2 cm.) long
24 oz. (740 gr.)
The crest is probably that of John, 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783) (2)
MARK OF WILLIAM CRIPPS, LONDON, ONE 1755, THE OTHER WITH MAKER'S MARK STRUCK FOUR TIMES
Each with a foliage terminal and a shell bowl, each engraved with the Spencer crest below an earl's coronet
16¼ in. (41.2 cm.) long
24 oz. (740 gr.)
The crest is probably that of John, 1st Earl Spencer (1734-1783) (2)
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The second ladle is struck four times with the maker's mark of William Cripps and not with indistinct London marks as stated in the catalogue.
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