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A pair of George III sterling silver sauce boats, London, circa…
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Melbourne
Date:
18-Oct-2021
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A pair of George III sterling silver sauce boats, London, circa 1765, of typical form, with gadrooned edges, scroll acanthus handles, embossed flowers and scrolls, raised upon three shell feet, hallmarks partially rubbed, engraved with the Pilkington family crest. 644gms sterling silver, each 12 cm high, 18 cm long, 9 cm wide, other notes: it is said that a Pilkington who fought under King Harold at the battle of Hastings in AD1066, afterwards escaped under the disguise of a thresher or a mower, hence the crest's thresher emblem. The Pilkington lineage is the family of Lancashire – the Rivington division. The most notable of the Pilkingtons of Rivington was James Pilkington who became the first Protestant Bishop of Durham.
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Silver: Condiment & Cruet Sets