Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 22nd January 2013

Lot 1165

A George III silver two-handled sauce tureen and cover

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A George III silver two-handled sauce tureen and cover,

by John Robins, London 1787,

oval form, loop scroll handles, pull-off cover with an urn finial, on a raised oval foot, engraved with a crest and an armorial, plus another sauce tureen cover, length 24.3cm, approx. total weight 26oz. (3)

The arms are those of Sir Richard Arkwright.