Lot 141
  • 141

A Pair of Victorian Silver Vegetable Dishes and Covers, John S. Hunt, London, 1844

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on dishes, covers and finials, dishes stamped on bases HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTINER & HUNT, dishes numbered 1,3, covers and finials, 3, 4, finials by Paul Storr, London
  • Silver
  • length over handles 12 3/4 in.
  • 32.5cm
shaped circular with shell handles, the rims applied with foliate scrolls, conforming flat-domes covers with slip-lock finials formed as leaf-capped twisted branches terminating in acanthus

Condition

finials a little earlier and lacking date letter, some minor scratches from use, overall good
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