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A Set of Four George II Silver Salts, Frederick Kandler, London, 1731

No reserve

Auction Closed

June 18, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

on three two-tailed mermaid supports linked by swags of shells, gilt interiors, marked on bases


45 oz 15 dwt

1424 g

Diameter 3 1/2 in.

8.9 cm

Sotheby's, London, 7 November 1996, lot 199

The bold modeling of the mermaid supports is evocative of the mermaid figures at the base of a candelabrum designed by Kent, engraved by Vardy and published in Some Designs of Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent, pl. 18.