Description:
A RARE SURVIVING EARLY OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE SILVER SNUFFER TRAY, 1765-70. Particularly heavy due to being plated back to back, and with incorporated gadroon border, raised on four ball and claw feet and with a scroll and shell handle.
Similar illustrated in Gordon Crosskey, Old sheffield Plate, Treffrey Publishing, 2011. page 25, fig 17
Origin: English
Circa:1765-70
Availability: Sold
Stock Ref: A10817
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