Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29 Apr 2015
A rare pair of mid-18th century Jamaican silver salt cellars
A rare pair of mid-18th century Jamaican silver salt cellars,
by Abraham Kipp, assay master Anthony Danvers, circa 1760,
plain circular cauldron form, on three hoof feet, diameter 6.3cm, approx. weight 5.8oz. (2)
Provenance: purchased from Brian Beet, May 1993.
Abraham Kipp may have originally come from New York.
Ref Robert Barker, The Proceedings of the Silver Society, 'Jamaican Goldsmiths, Assayers and their marks from 1665 to1775', Vo. 3, no.5, 1986, page 136.