Lot 395
  • 395

Three George III silver shell dishes, marks rubbed, London, 1780 and circa

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • SILVER
  • 15.2cm., 6 in. wide
each on three whelk supports, the grips with applied beaded borders and engraved with the Houghton crest

Literature

Garrard & Company Ltd., The Marchioness of Crewe, Inventory of Plate at West Horsley, 20 December 1950, p. 4.

Condition

marks rubbed or badly struck (one only with a maker's mark: ?D in an oval. Condition fair, with a number of dents, &c
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