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MARK OF HENRY COWPER, GIBRALTAR, CIRCA 1790 (HC, KEY, HC, KEY)
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A SET OF GEORGE III COLONIAL SILVER OLD ENGLSH PATTERN DESSERT FORKS
MARK OF HENRY COWPER, GIBRALTAR, CIRCA 1790 (HC, KEY, HC, KEY)
Engraved with crest coronet of a demi-lion rampant holding a flag, four of the six struck additionally with a workman's mark
7.5 oz. (237 gm.) (6)
MARK OF HENRY COWPER, GIBRALTAR, CIRCA 1790 (HC, KEY, HC, KEY)
Engraved with crest coronet of a demi-lion rampant holding a flag, four of the six struck additionally with a workman's mark
7.5 oz. (237 gm.) (6)
Literature
See The Key to Gibraltar by Wynyard Wilkinson, Journal of the Silver Society, No. 27, 2011, a fascinating and pioneering study of the pedigree and marks of Gibraltar's silversmiths in the 18th Century
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