A good large Victorian silver shell shaped basin, by John Sa...

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17 - A good large Victorian silver shell shaped basin, by John Samuel Hunt (Hunt & Roskell late Storr & M...

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£2,000 - £3,000

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A good large Victorian silver shell shaped basin, by John Samuel Hunt (Hunt & Roskell late Storr & Mortimer), based on a 16th century model used in conjunction with a ewer for the washing of hands during and after a meal, engraved with the Maule family Ducal crest, with the Latin motto 'Clemntia Et Animis', embossed with Poseidon? and mermaid, the central crest surrounded by dolphins, London, 1846, 42.5cm by 45cm, 41.5oz.

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