Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Mark of Thomas Johnson, London (1880) hallmarks, retailed by P & F Schäfer 27 Piccadilly and marked accordingly, each in the form of a tortoise with hinged tortoiseshell cover with naturalistic carving, sold with four unmarked salt spoons.
1 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (each)
From the Estate of the late Margaret Fisher Terry, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Chapel Hill, North Carolina One salt retains a label reading "Mrs. Doris Rend / 'Fairview' / Easton, Maryland."
Each shell with stable crack; one shell with old repair; fair estate condition.