Lot 1457
Lot 1457
TWO SIMILAR GEORGE I SILVER CASTERS

MARK OF CHARLES ADAM, LONDON, 1715 AND SAMUEL WELDER, LONDON, 1716

Price Realised USD 2,500
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USD 800 - USD 1,200
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TWO SIMILAR GEORGE I SILVER CASTERS

MARK OF CHARLES ADAM, LONDON, 1715 AND SAMUEL WELDER, LONDON, 1716

Price Realised USD 2,500
Price Realised USD 2,500
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Of octagonal baluster form, the covers pierced with foliage and with baluster finials, covers with later detachable sieves, marked on undersides and flanges of covers
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high, the larger; 8 oz. 8 dwt. (278 gr.)
Provenance
Acquired from Walter H. Wilson Ltd., London November 1955 and September 1958.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 389, no. 431, 432 (illustrated).
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