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Lot 4288
A Rare Set of Four Victorian Silver and Tortoiseshell Mounted Figural Salt Cellars
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.