Lot 311
  • 311

A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER SHELL DISHES, BENJAMIN GODFREY, LONDON, CIRCA 1730 |

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description

with a small George I coffee pot, Thomas Folkingham, London, 1714, plain tapering cylindrical form with domed cover and bell finial, ebonised wood scroll handle, crested, engraved scratchweight, 15cm., 5 7/8 in. high, 276.4gr., 8oz. 16dwt.; and a George II covered milk jug, mark of John Wirgman of London, circa 1750, oval form with gadrooned rims, crested, maker's mark only struck four times, 13cm., 5in. high, 173gr., 5oz. 10dwt.

Condition

The shells of very good heavy gauge. Clear maker's mark on each, the pseudo marks hevily distorted. The coffee pot with good clear mark. Replacement handle. Otherwise good condition. The milk jug missing raffia handle. Good clear maker's marks to underside. Good overall.
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