Please be aware We send all items made of gold and silver by royal mail special delivery as its the only service which insures items made of gold or silver, we only however out post on mondays and thursdays so although royal mail deliver these next day we only post items out on mondays and thursdays

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Antique Victorian Spectacular Master Salter/Pepper 1897 Diamond Jubilee.

 A fabulous gothic silver salter made by famous silversmith James Gerrard, of Gerrads .Commisioned by the Worshipful Company Of Salters. In commemoration of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897.

The salter is hexaganol in shape with each face of the lid pierced with alternating trefoil and diamond designs,

The foot rim and the rim around the lid are decorated with ornate trefoil borders in the gothic style.

Bearing the shield of the worshipful company of salters with the cypher of Queen Victoria 

with intertwined VRI for Victoria Regina et Imperatrix.

Insired by a renaissance baluster shaped foxe salt that gifted to Corpus Christi college Oxford in 1517



Weight approxgrams 190.5grams or around 6 ounces.

Fully hallmarked.

Measures 107mm x 95mm


NOTE. We have only ever seen a pair for sale online at £4000.00

A very nice rare item.

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