A matched set of four George II & III silver salts, three, Frederick Kandler, London, 1740, and one, Peter Mathie, Edinburgh, 1784

each of circular bulbous form, applied with three mermaid supports between swags of fish in nets, scallop shell rim, gilt interior, engraved with a crest on underside, together with four Victorian silver spoons, Hunt & Roskell, London, 1865, each with mermaid finial, leaf stem, gilt flower-shaped bowl 

The Kandler salts with clear hallmarks on underside, the Mathie example with evidence of an old repair around one foot. The mermaid supports with some wear to faces. The spoons generally good, one with a probably old repair to stem.
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These salts are similar to an earlier model produced by Kandler in 1731 with mermaid supports and rocaille swags.A set of four of these sold Sotheby's, London, November 7th 1996, lot 189, and a set of four identical to the present example sold Sotheby's London, June 1st,2006, lot 101. The 1731 model represents some of the earliest manifestations of the rococo style in Britain.

Referenes:
Michael Clayton, The Collector's Dictionary of the Silver and God of Great Britain and North America, Antique Collectors' Club, 1985, p.314.
Arthur Grimwade, Rococo Silver 1727-1765, Faber & Faber, 1974, plate 37A.