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FIVE WITH MARK OF ROBERT HENNELL, LONDON, 1777, TWO WITH MAKER'S MARK LACKING
Details
SEVEN GEORGE III SILVER SALT-CELLARS
FIVE WITH MARK OF ROBERT HENNELL, LONDON, 1777, TWO WITH MAKER'S MARK LACKING
Each oval, the sides cast with ram's heads suspending laurel swags, on ram's foot supports, four on beaded oval feet, three on fluted oval feet, the interiors gilt, engraved with a crest, marked underneath, further engraved with scratch weights
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) wide
47 oz. 14 dwt. (1,483 gr.)
The crest is that of Milnes for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York.
FIVE WITH MARK OF ROBERT HENNELL, LONDON, 1777, TWO WITH MAKER'S MARK LACKING
Each oval, the sides cast with ram's heads suspending laurel swags, on ram's foot supports, four on beaded oval feet, three on fluted oval feet, the interiors gilt, engraved with a crest, marked underneath, further engraved with scratch weights
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) wide
47 oz. 14 dwt. (1,483 gr.)
The crest is that of Milnes for James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York.
Provenance
James Milnes (1755-1805), of Thornes House, Wakefield, co. York and then by descent to his first cousin's son
Benjamin Gaskell (1781-1856), grandson of Milnes' sister Mary (d.1780) and her husband Benjamin Gaskell, and then by descent to his son
James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873), M.P. for Wenlock, Shropshire 1832-1868 and Lord of the Treasury 1841-1846, and then by descent.
Benjamin Gaskell (1781-1856), grandson of Milnes' sister Mary (d.1780) and her husband Benjamin Gaskell, and then by descent to his son
James Milnes Gaskell (1810-1873), M.P. for Wenlock, Shropshire 1832-1868 and Lord of the Treasury 1841-1846, and then by descent.
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