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| DESCRIPTION | Antique English George I solid sterling silver octagonal caster with good and clear hallmarks to the base. An unmarked pierced silver liner is fitted within the top to allow for use with finer ground spices such as modern ground pepper. A 300 years old piece of silver that you could still happily use every day, a rare thing. |
| SILVERSMITH | Thomas Bamford I, a silversmith in a continuous line of specialist caster makers beginning with Charles Adam apprenticed to Francis Archbold 1682, Thomas Bamford apprenticed to Charles Adam 1703, Samuel Wood apprenticed to Thomas Bamford 1721, Jabez Daniell apprenticed to Samuel Wood 1739, Robert Piercy apprenticed to Samuel Wood 1750. The list probably extends forwards and backwards but you will have the idea by now. |
| DATE or HALLMARK | 1725 |
| ASSAY OFFICE | London |
| WEIGHT in GRAMS | 144 |
| HEIGHT inc. finial | 5 ¼", 130mm |
| SILVER STANDARD | ·925 sterling silver |
| CONDITION | good, heavy, thick metal but with several repairs. The top's flange or skirt that enters the body has a significant repair to two panels that has obliterated the hallmarks that were likely to have been there, pierced section good though with no losses, thin spots or repair. Later pierced liner is all good and very solid. Body has no thin spots and is very solid but with some repairs. Erasure (not thinned) to one upper panel, some well executed repairs to body, one repair not so good (see images 2, 5 & 6 right of centre lower panel micro bubbles in solder), lovely hallmarks below and very clean inside |
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| SOLD |
| Price £215 |
| item number m8561 |
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