A SET OF SIX GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MAKER'S MARK, TS, PERHAPS FOR THOMAS SHEPHARD, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1750
Each of open shell form on coral supports and resting on openwork base cast and chased with shells and seaweed, the gilt bowl with rocaille grip engraved with a crest in a cartouche, marked on rims and engraved on the undersides with scratch weights 7=9 1/2, 7=5 1/2, 7=14, 7=2, 7=6, and 7=8 1/2
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long
42 oz. 19 dwt. (1,336 gr.)
A SET OF SIX GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MAKER'S MARK, TS, PERHAPS FOR THOMAS SHEPHARD, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1750
Each of open shell form on coral supports and resting on openwork base cast and chased with shells and seaweed, the gilt bowl with rocaille grip engraved with a crest in a cartouche, marked on rims and engraved on the undersides with scratch weights 7=9 1/2, 7=5 1/2, 7=14, 7=2, 7=6, and 7=8 1/2
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) long
42 oz. 19 dwt. (1,336 gr.)