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WORKS OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF HUGH AND MARION SASSOON
A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER SALT CELLARS WITH ASSORTED SPOONS
THE SALT CELLARS WITH MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON, LONDON, 1856 AND THE BASES WITH MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1867; THE SPOONS WITH MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1856
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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER SALT CELLARS WITH ASSORTED SPOONS
THE SALT CELLARS WITH MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON, LONDON, 1856 AND THE BASES WITH MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1867; THE SPOONS WITH MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1856
Each on rockwork base with seated putto and shell, the spoons with openwork stems cast with tendrils and fruits, all engraved with a crest, marked underneath, on rockery, shell, putto and spoon bowls
total length 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.)
66 oz. 3 dwt. (2,059 gr.)
THE SALT CELLARS WITH MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON, LONDON, 1856 AND THE BASES WITH MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1867; THE SPOONS WITH MARK OF GEORGE ADAMS, LONDON, 1856
Each on rockwork base with seated putto and shell, the spoons with openwork stems cast with tendrils and fruits, all engraved with a crest, marked underneath, on rockery, shell, putto and spoon bowls
total length 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.)
66 oz. 3 dwt. (2,059 gr.)
Provenance
Mrs Doris Herschorn (d. 1975) and by descent to her son Hugh Sassoon.
Brought to you by
Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections