A pair of Victorian silver entree dishes and covers, John Samuel Hunt, London 1844
(2)Estimate $5,000 – $8,000
each of shaped circular form with applied flower and foliate scroll-wrapped border and handles, the conforming cover with a similar upper border and cast leaf capped detachable handle of entwined leaves on acantus leafage, the covers engraved with a Coat or Arms for the Maxwell family of Cowhill, Dumfriesah, Scotland marked on dishes and covers, the dishes also stamped to underside 'HUNT AND ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER AND HUNT', with pattern no. 2061
(2)
3960 gms, 32.5 cm diameter
- Lot Sold $4,800 (Hammer Price)
- $5,856 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Condition Report
Good condition, minor surface scrateches and edge of makers marks slightly rubbed, fully marked
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