Lot 33
A pair of Victorian silver salt and pepper pots, of ovoid form with lobed decoration and a...
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Lot 33
A pair of Victorian salt and pepper pots & two later pepper pots.
Lot 33
Lot Description
A pair of Victorian silver salt and pepper pots, of ovoid form with lobed decoration and a central plain band engraved 'Salt' or 'Pepper', and each standing on three ball feet, hallmarked Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co (William Gibson & John Lawrence Langman), London 1888. Together with a matched pair of later pepper pots of plain baluster form, both hallmarked Birmingham 1968, one Garrard & Co Ltd., the other Barker Ellis Silver Co.
Gross combined weight 3.71 ozt (115.4 grams).
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
All the pieces display general surface scratches, marks, wear and tarnishing commensurate with the age and use. Heavier spots/patches of tarnishing to some areas. Some surface dints and bumps to all pieces including a cluster of small nicks/dints to the lid of one of the Victorian pepper pots. Some fairly large and heavier scratches to the later pepper pots. The hallmarks and maker's marks appear a little rubbed in places but are all legible.
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