Sterling Silver Salt Set with Gilt Spoons (9 words)

A boxed set of sterling silver salts and spoons, 1886 London,…
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A boxed set of sterling silver salts and spoons, 1886 London, with maker's marks for Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) shepherd, four small round compressed salts with gilt washed interiors raised on tripod pad feet and five spoons, gilt washed to the bowls with ball finials; in original velvet lined box. Silver weight 59gr salt height 2 cm. spoon length 6 cm

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  • Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.

    Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.
  • Marrow Spoon - A spoon with a long handle and a narrow scoop shaped bowl, used to scoop and eat marrow from the hollow centre of roasted bones. Some marrow scoops are double ended with a different shaped bowl at each end.
  • 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.

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