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DESCRIPTION Antique English Georgian solid sterling silver caster with engraved decoration to the pierced pull off top.
SILVERSMITH Robert Piercy, a specialist caster maker apprenticed to the great Samuel Wood
DATE or HALLMARK 1769
ASSAY OFFICE London
WEIGHT in GRAMS 76
HEIGHT inc. finial 5 ¼", 135mm
SILVER STANDARD .925 sterling silver
CONDITION good, clear hallmarks and correctly marked to both base and top, no engraving but probable well executed erasure simply because casters of this period and style were almost always engraved with a crest or monogram, slight girdle bumpage, small hole where the pierced side of the top meets the cap that is due to the original solder not fully flooding the joint and this has now been exposed by rubbing, some rubbing to the engraved decoration of the pull-off top

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Price £118
item number m8192
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