INDEX | ALL SILVER |
DESCRIPTION | Good and useful pair of antique English Georgian solid sterling silver cauldron salts on hoof feet and with the original initial engraving 'V'. |
SILVERSMITH | Benjamin Mordecai |
DATE or HALLMARK | 1766/7 |
ASSAY OFFICE | London |
WEIGHT in GRAMS | total 86 |
WIDTH | 2 ½", 60mm |
SILVER STANDARD | ·925 sterling silver |
CONDITION | good, pleasingly thick metal, no erasures, no thin spots, couple of slight leg impressions, a few small bumps, one old mid-leg repair (high leg image 6)that did not go on perfectly and gives the foot a bit of a ballerina's point although the salt actually sits flat (Tip; do not attempt to bend this leg, cast silver is simultaneously strong and brittle and will usually break) |
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