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Victorian Parcel-Gilt Silver
Tazza and Cover
John Samuel Hunt, London
1863
height: 39 cm; weight: 2,7 g
maker’s mark: ISH with crown above
Queen Victoria’s head; lion passant for
sterling standard; date letter “h”; assay
mark for London
The detachable cover chased with scrolling ivy on textured ground, the raised
centre with cast sculptural group of three stallions, two locked in combat, rearing
above a fallen companion, the body applied below the rim with leafy handles
terminating in Tudor roses and buds, the stem with three cast children seated
within arched recesses, on shaped foot chased with panels to match the cover,
bead edges and stylised leaf borders.
John Samuel Hunt, who had been an assistant to the celebrated royal silversmith
Paul Storr, was a partner in the firm of Hunt & Roskell until his death in 1865.
The firm traded between 1843-97, their retail shop at 156 New Bond Street in
London’s West End, with a manufactory near Clerkenwell.
Hunt & Roskell continued Storr’s position
as Royal Silversmiths and Jewellers.
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