Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2018
Lot 532
A George II provincial silver mustard pot
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1200
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Description
A George II provincial silver mustard pot,
by John Langlands, Newcastle, date letter worn, possibly 1757,
circular drum form, scroll handle, pierced thumb-piece, the hinged cover engraved with an armorial, with a blue glass liner, height 7.8cm, approx. weight 6.4oz.
Provenance; purchased for J.H. Bourdon-Smith Ltd., Mason's Yard, London 18 September 1994
Sotheby's 18 June 1987, lot 299.
The arms of Bourchier, a barony abeyant since 1646, engraved on a lozenge for a spinster.