TWO BRASS SKIMMERS

TWO BRASS SKIMMERS

ENGLISH, C.1700, OR EARLIER

each cast as one, with pierced pans and tapering handles, maker's mark of a cross and pellet to front of handle, together with a brass slice by the same maker (3)

58.5cm long (max)

Literature

Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 98, no. 209 and no. 211.