A George II sterling silver Warwick cruet frame with original bottles and casters, with a contemporary coat of arms and crests of a rampant lion by Samuel Wood, London 1744, the frame 21 cm high, The arms are those of Rokesborough (sometimes spelt Roxburgh), In 1715, the silversmith, Anthony Nelme produced a cruet stand for the 1st Earl of Warwick with a cinquefoil tray supporting three silver casters and two glass with a centre vertical post with a ring handle. The name has been applied as a generic term to similar cruet stands. The largest caster was designed for sugar, the two smaller silver casters, for pepper and dry mustard, the glass bottles were for oil and vinegar
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- George Ii - George II (1683 - 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 until his death in 1760.
- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
- Caster - Casters are so-called because they ?cast? their contents over food. They consist of a container, usually in silver or pewter with a removable perforated top which allows for the sprinkling of condiments such as sugar, pepper and nutmeg.
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