Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2589BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 31, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Pair of George III Silver Shell-form Dishes, London, 1772, Robert Makepeace, maker, the scallop shell-form dishes with scroll- and foliate-decorated handle, with cartouches engraved with heraldic lions, on three snail shell feet, lg. 6 1/2, wd. 5 in., approx. 6.3 troy oz.
Estimate $200-400
Several small, pin-prick dents to one shell; some minor surface wear.