The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 93
TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
Estimate £120 - £180
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Description
TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
ENGLISH, C.1700
each cast as one, with pierced pans and tapering handles, maker's mark of a cross and pellet to front of the handle; together with a brass slice by the same maker (3)
47cm long (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 100, no. 217 and pp. 98-101.