The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025
Lot 101
A DOCUMENTED 17TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMER
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £189
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Description
A DOCUMENTED 17TH CENTURY BRASS SKIMMER
ENGLISH
with six concentric rings of holes to near-flat pan, stamped maker's mark of 'RB' to front of handle, with splayed and pierced suspension hole terminal
59cm long
Literature
Illustrated in R. Butler, 'A Study Collection of Marked Domestic Brass and Other Base Metalware, c.1600 - c.1900' (2001), p. 73, no.156 where the author notes a latten seal-top spoon of early 17th century date has been recorded with the same maker's mark.