Pair of Georgian Style Square Gilt Bronze Table Salts, English C19th

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LOT NUMBER 111
LOT NUMBER 111

Pair of Georgian Style Square Gilt Bronze Table Salts, English C19th

A pair of gilt bronze table Salts of square form with openwork sides decorated with stylised scrolling foliage, flaring below to a pedestal base with paw feet, one edge with milling, and above to the squared top rim. The paw feet and general solidity to the decoration suggest the Georgian style but these pieces may have been made later in the nineteenth century. The square form is most unusual and the openwork sides clearly held a container, possibly metal but most probably glass, for the salt itself. The milling to the edge of just one of the sides is something of a mystery; it has been suggested, though, that it might have been done to assist an owner with impaired vision, perhaps to distinguish one vessel from another if they were actually used to contain different condiments. Be that as it may, if not necessarily for practical use today, these pieces make an elegant accessory with a true sense of the antique.
Size: Top : 6 cm x 6 cm, Base (including feet) 8cm x 8cm, Ht 6.2cm
Weight: 810g (pair)
Date: C19th
Condition: Good condition, but presumably missing glass liners
Estimate: £30 – 40

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