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A GEORGE II SILVER CRUET AND A REGENCY SILVER INKSTAND
THE CRUET MARK OF SAMUEL WOOD LONDON, 1755, THE INKSTAND MARK OF SOLOMON HOUGHAM, LONDON, 1813
A GEORGE II SILVER CRUET AND A REGENCY SILVER INKSTAND THE CRUET MARK OF SAMUEL WOOD LONDON, 1755, THE INKSTAND MARK OF SOLOMON HOUGHAM, LONDON, 1813 The cruet on four scroll and shell feet, the scroll handle surmounted by female mask, the opposite side with applied vacant cartouche, the two cut-glass bottles with silver-mounted covers and scroll handles; the inkstand shaped oblong, on four scroll and acanthus feet, the gadrooned rim with acanthus and shells at intervals, set with two cut-glass bottles with silver mounts, the center with mounted chamberstick, engraved with a coat-of-arms, the chamberstick engraved with a crest, the cruet marked under base, the bottle mounts apparently unmarked, the inkstand marked under base, central pot holders, covers and chamberstick The cruet 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) long, the inkstand 12½ in. (31.7 cm.) long; 51 oz. (1.592 gr.) weighable silver (2)