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Pair of George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
Pair of George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars
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Pair of George III Sterling Silver and Cobalt Glass Salt Cellars

hallmarked London, 1772-1773 and 1773-1774, by Robert Hennell I (1741-1811; free 1763), oval galleried form with reticulated side and gadrooned rim, raised on four claw-and-ball feet and fitted with a conforming cobalt glass liner, engraved with the crest of Wilkinson et al. (out of a mural coronet, a demi-unicorn).
h. 1-3/4", l. 3-1/8", w. 2-1/2"; 4.07 total t. oz. (excluding liners)

Literature: Percy Hennell, Hennell Silver Salt Cellars, 1736 to 1876 (East Grubstead, Sussex: BLA Publishing & the author, 1986), p. 79, pl. 59A & 59B (illustrated).
Arthur G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives, Third Edition (London: Faber & Faber, 1990), p. 543.
Condition
**In generally very good used condition with some surface wear consistent with age, but no dents, breaks, repairs or losses to the reticulation. Marks good; very lightly worn but fully legible. One liner is a later flashed glass replacement; both liners have a few scattered frits and tiny chips on the sharp edges of the rim, but no breaks, cracks or large chips.
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Pair of George III Sterling Silver Salt Cellars

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