The Butler Hoard - 1st July 2025

Lot 332

A SMALL 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKILLET

Estimate £100 - £150

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Description

A SMALL 18TH CENTURY BRASS SKILLET

the flat, tapering handle with rounded end pierced for hanging, the plain bowl on three 'D'-shaped tapering legs

10cm high to rim, 11.5cm diameter

Catalogue Note

This type of small brass skillet was produced predominantly by braziers rather than founders.

Literature

See Antique Metalware Society Vol. 25, 2020 and R. Butler & C. Green, 'English Bronze Cooking Vessels & Their Founders 1350-1830', p. 137, nos.138-140 for comparable maker marked examples.