A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE II AND GEORGE III SILVER SALT CELLARS
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A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE II AND GEORGE III SILVER SALT CELLARS

MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, CIRCA 1734, AND THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1787

Closed23 October 2013

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USD 3,750

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A MATCHED PAIR OF GEORGE II AND GEORGE III SILVER SALT CELLARS
MARK OF PAUL DE LAMERIE, LONDON, CIRCA 1734, AND THOMAS PITTS, LONDON, 1787
Each circular, on paw feet with lion's-mask joins and garlands between, with flaring gadrooned rim, the interior gilt, each base engraved with a crest and Earl's coronet, marked on bases, the Lamerie salt cellar with scratch weight 50"0
4 in. (10 cm.) diameter; 24 oz. (752 gr.) (2)

Specialist note

The crest is that of the Earls of Shaftesbury