Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 13th July 2021
Lot 436
A pair of George III silver butter shells
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £850
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Description
A pair of George III silver butter shells,
by Andrew Fogelberg, London 1772/73,
shell form, with a gadroon border, supported by two whelk feet, engraved with crests and inventory numbers, length 13.5cm, approx. weight 7.3oz. (2)
Provenance: Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, 19 October 2005, lot 842.
The crest is that of the 5th Duke of Leeds and the Fauconberg & Conyers.