$1,800
Silver and Cut Glass Cruet Stand with Casters, Samuel Wood, maker, London, 1746, with central handle on cinquefoil form, on four scroll and shell feet, with applied rococo cartouche engraved with a coat-of-arms, the stand set with baluster-form silver sugar caster, and two pepper casters, with urn-form finials on the pierced caps, and a pair of cut colorless glass cruet bottles, each with silver cap, the casters engraved with a coat-of-arms, the sides of the castors and the bottle caps engraved with a crest, maker's mark under frame, on caster bases and covers, the silver bottle caps unmarked, overall ht. 8, dia. 8 1/2 in., approx. 36 troy oz. (excluding glass). Few small loss to one pepper caster cap on the piered area, minor dents around lower body and base of casters, minor minute chips to glass cruets..
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
