Live Auction 1527The Barbara Piasecka Johnson Collection Proceeds to Benefit the Barbara Johnson Foundation
A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER BUTTER-SHELLS
Lot 1063

A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER BUTTER-SHELLS

LONDON, 1766, APPARENTLY NO MAKER'S MARK

Closed17 July 2014

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER BUTTER-SHELLS
LONDON, 1766, APPARENTLY NO MAKER'S MARK
Each shell-shaped and on two differing cast shell and rocaille feet, engraved with crest, each marked underneath
4 ¾ in. (12.2 cm.) wide
21 oz. 14 oz. (674 gr.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 October 1993, lot 494.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 April 2010, lot 261