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For a similar set of four see Property from Two Ducal Collections, Woburn Abbey Bedfordshire, Christie's, Woburn Abbey, 21 September 2004, lot 348.
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MARK OF FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1745
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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE II SILVER SALT-CELLARS
MARK OF FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1745
Cauldron-shaped and on three mermaid feet cast and chased with fish and net swags, with shell-cast rims, each engraved underneath with a crest, marked underneath, two with worn maker's mark, further engraved with scratch weights '7+0 1/2'; '7=4 1/2'; '7=4' and '7=7', with later blue glass liners
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) wide
27 oz. 6 dwt. (859 gr.)
MARK OF FREDERICK KANDLER, LONDON, 1745
Cauldron-shaped and on three mermaid feet cast and chased with fish and net swags, with shell-cast rims, each engraved underneath with a crest, marked underneath, two with worn maker's mark, further engraved with scratch weights '7+0 1/2'; '7=4 1/2'; '7=4' and '7=7', with later blue glass liners
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) wide
27 oz. 6 dwt. (859 gr.)
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