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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
GEORGE III OVAL SILVER TEAPOT, CIRCULAR SILVER DISH, TAPERED CYLINDRICAL SILVER TANKARD, SAUCE TUREEN AND COVER, GEORGE III OVAL TEAPOT
А GEORGE III OVAL TEAPOT, crested on one side between broad bands of wrigglework bordered vermicelli, straight spout, wood loop handle and button finial, the domed cover,
shoulder and base all with reeded borders, 63/»w. high, marked [...]
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
ENGLISH PATTERN DESSERT SPOONS, GEORGE III VASE-SHAPED CASTER, 18TH CENTURY MUSTARD РОТ, FIDDLE PATTERN SILVER TABLE SILVER, BALUSTER SILVER QUART MUG
A GEORGE III VASE-SHAPED CASTER, applied with a girdle at the shoulder, on a spreading foot, the cover pierced and engraved with diaper, baluster finial, 4sin. high, marked on
base and cover, makers mark TW unidentified [...]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
ANTIQUE SILVER TANKARDS AND MUGS
Up to the end of the seventeenth century covered tankards and porringers are, I suppose, the two most commonly found pieces of silver. The increasing sophistication of the eighteenth century introduced an ever wider range of table silver together with ali the apparatus for the recently introduced tea, coffee and chocolate. [...]
Tags: A George IV, Antique, borders, Charles II, eighteenth century, English, George II, george iii, george iv, JUGS, Marked, mug, mugs, nineteenth century, pairs, POTS, price, Queen Anne, Queen Anne - George, seventeenth century, silver tankards, SUGAR, table silver, tankard, tea coffee, thin spots, Vase
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
ANTIQUE SILVER TEA POTS AND TEASETS
A lot of the remarks about coffee pots apply to teapots, as indeed they apply to most hollow-ware. Early teapots were usually very small, as tea was extremely expensive (about the present day equivalent of t50 per
pound). As people like to use their silver, a large early teapot is very [...]
Tags: Antique, antique silver, borders, coffee pots, English, Engraved, nineteenth century, pin, POTS, rococo, silver, silver tea, tea pots, teapot
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
SILVER CASKETS AND BOXES AND THEIR VALUE
Late seventeenth century antique silver octagonal casket from a toilet service, about eight inches across. Fully marked on the side or underneath, and in the cover.
A plainer example of silver box of the same period. The feet are modelled from Chinese characters
A pair of silver toilet boxes from the [...]
Tags: borders, box, BOXES, Engraved, Oval, Silver Boxes, SILVER CASKETS
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
SILVER SAUCEBOATS
Sauceboats do not seem to have been in use before the reign of George I, and even at this period they are rare. They are mostly of the double-lip type, oval or octagonal, with a lip at each end, and an upright scroll handle in the centre of each side. After 1730, sauceboats become [...]
Tags: borders, candlestick, design, George II, mark, octagonal, rim, sauceboat, Set, silver, Silver Sauceboats, TUREENS, weight
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