Live Auction 3015Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT ROCOCO SILVER SALTS
Lot 334

A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT ROCOCO SILVER SALTS

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY MALTESE, CIRCA 1770

Closed22 November 2011

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GBP 812

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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT ROCOCO SILVER SALTS
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY MALTESE, CIRCA 1770
Oval with shell-chased sides and gilt interiors, bases engraved underneath with monogram and one additionally with assay scrape to base
3¾ in. (9.4 cm.) long
6 oz. (186 gm.) (2)

Specialist note

For a spice pot of very similar form see P.135, The Silver of Malta by Alaine Apap Bologna, 1995.