The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 11

A GEORGE III BRONZE SKILLET

Estimate £150 - £200

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Description

A GEORGE III BRONZE SKILLET

BY BAND AND HINE, BRIDGWATER / EXETER, C.1770-80

having a plain bowl with no scratch marks, on three 'D'-shaped splayed legs, the handle with a wedge brace and cast 'BAND & HINE NoIV'

16.3cm high max to the rim, 17.4cm diameter

Catalogue Note

Skillets with handles cast 'BAND' and then blank are well recorded but examples including 'HINE' are very rare.

Literature

See R. Butler & C. Green, 'English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830', p.36, no.1 for a similar example.