Silver

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Lot 220
  • 220

A Pair of George III Silver Sauceboats, Hester Bateman, London, 1781

Estimate
12,000 - 16,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • length 8in. (20.3cm)
each with a fluted bowl and undulating gadroon rim applied with shellwork beneath the lip, the foliate scroll handle headed by a serpent, raised on a collet foot cast with shellwork and flowerheads, marked beneath lips

Condition

engraved crests removed from fronts but not thin, good condition
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