8th Sep, 2023 10:00
Silver and Objects of Vertu
78
Birmingham Assay Office Interest.
A pair of George III English provincial silver Old English pattern tablespoons, with feather banded edge, the finial of each with engraved script initials, 'TCS', Matthew Boulton & John Fothergill, Birmingham 1774, length 21cm, weight 111.8g/3.598ozt (2) approx
This pair of spoons survive from the earliest days of the Birmingham Assay Office, after its inception in 1773. The partnership between Boulton and Fothergill ceased upon Fothergill's death in 1782.
Sold for £380
Birmingham Assay Office Interest.
A pair of George III English provincial silver Old English pattern tablespoons, with feather banded edge, the finial of each with engraved script initials, 'TCS', Matthew Boulton & John Fothergill, Birmingham 1774, length 21cm, weight 111.8g/3.598ozt (2) approx
Auction: Silver and Objects of Vertu, 8th Sep, 2023
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