Object Description
An elegant set of 4 of antique sterling silver salt cellars of oval form with pretty pierced decoration with swags. Blue glass liners. Lovely classical style with rope borders and standing on pierced shaped feet.
Weight of silver 218 grams, 7 troy ounces.
Height 5cm.
Top measures 8.3 x 6.1cm.
London 1793.
Maker Edward Lowe.
Sterling silver
Marks. Stamped underneath with a full set of matching hallmarks.
Edward Lowe, London silversmith, no record of apprenticeship or freedom. 1st mark entered as smallworker 1760. 2nd mark 1769. 3rd mark 1770. 4th mark 1771. 5th mark as plateworker 1777.