Lot 269
  • 269

ASSEMBLED SET OF THREE GEORGE I SILVER OCTAGONAL CASTERS, JOHN PERO AND EDWARD CORNOCK, LONDON, 1719 AND CIRCA

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • silver
  • Height of largest 7 3/4 in.
Engraved with identical arms, the larger with Britannia standard mark only, the small pierced one by Edward Cornock, 1719, the smaller blind-pierced one by John Pero, 1719.

Provenance

Jonathan Trace, New York, 2003.

Condition

body of Cornock caster with repairs to seam, both pierced covers with a few small splits, engravings rubbed, otherwise good
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