Lot 332
  • 332

A SET OF SIX GEORGE III SILVER-GILT SALTS, JAMES YOUNG, LONDON, 1791 |

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on bases of salts and handles of spoons
  • length over handles 5 1/2 in.
  • 14 cm
boat form with loop handles and reeded bases. Together with another set of six silver-gilt crested table salts without handles, maker's mark IT in rectangle, London, 1795, and twelve various silver-gilt salt spoons, London, 1790-1803, most crested or monogrammed, 24 pieces

Condition

One of the James Young salts with repair to pedestal foot, all later gilt, otherwise good condition.
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