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Salt cellars with spoons, formerly belonging to John Ruskin (1819-1900)
England, 1840.
Silver.
bowls: height: 7/8 inches (21 mm); 1 5/8 inches (40 mm.) diameter; spoons: 3 inches (75 mm), length
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Provenance
John Ruskin; his adopted daughter, Joan Ruskin Severn; from whose estate purchased by Thomas H. Telford, How Foot, Grasmere, England (accompanied by his invoice to Mrs. Belknap); Mrs. Jane T. Belknap, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Richardson Howell, San Francisco.
Inscriptions/Markings
Various makers marks including the initials "HL" twice in a box, a lion and a crowned face within a shield, and a date mark.
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