Description & Technical information
The body decorated with swirling fluting tapering to bat wing edges. The lid topped with writhian finial and decorated with swirling fluting. A double scroll fruitwood handle, the ends mounted with holly leaf collars.
Date: 1757
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: England, London
Medium: Wood, silver
Signature: Maker’s mark of Lewis Herne & Francis Butty
Dimensions: 25.5 cm (10 inches)
Categories: Silver

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