Silver - 28th April 2010

Lot 812

A pair of early 19th century colonial silver goblets

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A pair of early 19th century colonial silver goblets, marked with a key and maker's mark HC, plain vase form, one with a gilded bowl, the other with traces of gilding, initialled, on a raised circular foot with a reeded border, height 12cm, (both filled). (2) ** For an illustration of similar marks, see The Martin Gubbins Collection of Silver Spoons, Bonhams, London, July 2002 page 55. There is a possibility that this Key mark is for Gibraltar, as it is an element of the Colony's arms.