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Pepper caster, sterling silver, octagonal vase form on a cast moulded stepped spreading octagonal foot (square with incurved corners), octagonal baluster body with moulded bands at the shoulder and rim, tall domed octagonal cover with octagonal urn finial, its sides elaborately pierced and engraved with alternating designs of anthemion, scroll and 'Laub und Bandelwerk' motifs incorporating four small roundels engraved alternately with a flowerhead and a small cornucopia, below the pierced panels a stepped moulded band forming a lip, on the side of the body the engraved arms of Williams (two foxes in saltire).
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51709
Creation/Production
Wickes, George
Date: 1730-1731
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. of Art Fund, 8/8/2012
Purchased with support from The Art Fund
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.9
Width
(cm): 5.2
Depth
(cm): 5.2
Height
(in): 5
Width
(in): 2
Depth
(in): 2
Weight
(troy): 8
Weight
(gr): 257.06
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
Location
In store
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