The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 93A
TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £227
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Description
TWO BRASS SKIMMERS
ENGLISH, C.1700, OR EARLIER
each cast as one, with pierced pans and tapering handles, maker's mark of a cross and pellet to front of handle, together with a brass slice by the same maker (3)
58.5cm long (max)
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c. 1600 - c. 1900' (2001), p. 98, no. 209 and no. 211.