TWO BRASS SKIMMERS

TWO BRASS SKIMMERS

ENGLISH, C.1700

each having a near-flat plan with six concentric rings of holes, each handle with punched maker's mark 'WD' to front and with pierced splayed end (2)

57.8cm long (max)

Literature

R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 92, no.196 for skimmer with circular maker's mark.