A PAIR OF GEORGE III SILVER SALTS, WILLIAM BURWASH, LONDON, 1817 |

compressed circular with gadrooned rim, each on three oak leaf embellished lion paw feet, engraved with the Smith crest, and two cut-glass salts, 19th centuy with a pair of electroplate mustard spoons (6)

Inventory of the Property of Oswald A. Smith at 73 Eaton Square, 1890, possibly 'Pantry [Glass] / Two salts'

Clear marks to undersides. The gilded interiors almost worn away. tThe bodies bruised and the mid-points rubbed. Nice gauge. The cut glass salts chipped/chewed to the high points but no major flaws.
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