OUT OF MAIN LINE PHI;LADELPHIA ESTATE ST. DAVIDS PA OFFERING THIS EXCEPTIONAL AND SUPERB CASED SET OF FOUR MASTER SALT SELLARS WITH MATCHING SALT SPOONS MADE IN LONDON BY MASTER SILVERSMITH CHARLES STUART HARRIS. THIS STUNNING SET IS COMPLETE WITH ALL FOUR CELLARS CRAFTED IN NEOCLASSICAL PATTERN WITH SHELL DESIGN SALT SPOONS AS SHOWN. ALL PIECES FULLY HALLMARKED AS CAN BE SEEN IN PICS. BEAUTIFULLY CONTAINED IN COMPARTMENTED LEATHER COVERED CASE WITH PLUSH PURPLR VELVET INSERT AND RICH PURPLKE SILK CUSHIONING. THIS CASED SET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION NOTING SOME TARNISH AND WEAR AS EVIDENCE OF THE AGE, USE, AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE SET. THESE CELLARS WERE NOT USED WITH GLASS LINERS OR INSERTS AND AS SUCH WOULD BENEFIT FROM A PROFESSIONAL POLISHING. UNLESS OF COURSE YOU WISH TO PUT THEM BACK INTO USE IN WHICH CASE THEY CAN BE USED AS IS. EACH SALT CELLAR IS ABOUT 4 3/4″ ACROSS BY 2″ SIDE TO SIDE AND 2 1/2″ HIGH, EACH SPOON IS ABOUT 3″ LONG. TOTAL SILVER WEIGHT IS OVER 7 TROY OUNCES. CHARLES STUART HARRIS WAS THE PRE-EMINETNT SILVERSMITH IN LONDON IN THE MID TO LATE 1800S AND HIS ITEMS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST QUALITY. COMPLETE SETS SUCH AS TIS ARE QUITE SCARCE AND COMMAND VERY HIGH PRICES WHEN THEY COME AVAILABLE, WHHICH IS NOT OFTEN. YOU CAN FIND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE C S H SILVERSMITH FIRM ON THE INTERNET SIMPLY BY GOOGLING HIS NAME. THIS IS A VERY FINE SET THE LIKES OF WHICH WILL NOT COME AVAILABLE AGAIN ANYTIME SOON. Most items are photographed in natural outdoor sunlight when possible. As such any dark areas in the images are shadows or shady areas unless otherwise stipulated. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND FOR YOUR INTEREST AND ATTENTION. THIS PRESENTS A PROBLEM FOR US SELLERS AS THERE IS NO WAY TO PREDICT WHAT ITEMS MAY OR MAY NOT SELL. The item “1885 CASED MATCHED SET 4 NEOCLASSICAL MASTER SALTS W SPOONS CHAS STUART HARRIS” is in sale since Thursday, August 13, 2015. This item is in the category “Antiques\Silver\Sterling Silver (.925)\Salt Cellars”. The seller is “gradatim-ferociter” and is located in Oaklyn, New Jersey. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Composition: Sterling Silver
- Maker: CHARLES STUART HARRIS
- Age: 1885-7