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    22 May 2007

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    • A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
    Lot 309

    A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER

    MARK OF DANIEL SHAW, LONDON, 1754

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    GBP 360

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    GBP 300 - GBP 400

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    A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER
    MARK OF DANIEL SHAW, LONDON, 1754
    Shaped circular with shell and scroll border on three hoof feet, the plain ground engraved with a crest and motto "VITIS SED FORTIS" - 9 3/8 in.(23.75cm.) 14.50 oz; TOGETHER WITH a modern silver coffee pot R. Comyns, London, 1962, 19.50oz gross. (2)

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