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Reference: S1235
Period: George III
Year: 1761
Silversmith: Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp
Place: London
Price: $ 1 550.00
Weight: 280 grams
Dimensions: 17cm, height 13 cm.
Condition: Very Good, a few light scratches, and a very small nick in the rim.
Description: A very good quality silver sauceboat or gravyboat with shaped rim and leaf capped flying scroll handle, 3 cast hoof feet and a nice crest, a greyhound holding an arrow. The hallmarks are very clear, even the leopards' whiskers are visible! Smith and Sharp were important makers, who made some of the finest silver of the period (Pickford, Jackson's hallmarks). They supplied Parker & Wakelin, the Royal Goldsmiths who supplied the Prince of Wales and "half the nobility of England" (Grimwade, London Goldsmiths).
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