European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Description:
Three Pieces of Georgian Sterling Silver Tableware, each with engraved armorial, two salt cellars with cobalt glass liners, c. 1759, by Francis Spilsbury I, lg. 3 1/8, and a wine funnel with strainer and additional monogram, c. 1814, by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard I, lg. 6 1/8 in., approx. 7.9 troy oz. total.
Estimate $400-600
Funnel with scattered dents to body, tip of spout dented slightly. Salts each with a break to one leg (one very minor, just bent slightly, the other extending up frame). Cobalt liners assembled with age-typical nicks.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Keywords
Rebecca Emes Edward Barnard, Francis SpilsburyStuart Slavid
Senior Vice President
Director of Fine Ceramics
Director of Fine Silver
Director of European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Emily Stegner
Specialist, European Furniture & Decorative Arts
508-970-3203
Stephanie Opolski
Appraiser
508-970-3000
European Furniture & Decorative Arts
The European Furniture & Decorative Arts department curates auctions of English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, and Russian antiques, furniture, and decorative arts.