George III Silver Salt Cellars by Thomas Robins, London 1817
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A pair of George III silver salt cellars, maker's mark of Thomas Robins, London 1817, each shaped rectangular with gadrooned borders and foliate shell corners, on winged paw feet. Width 9.5 cm, weight 223g. Provenance: The Estate of L J J Crofton, Canberra
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- Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
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