Burnell and Rowe

Description

This is an attractive and ornate late Victorian Sterling Silver Mustard Pot with its original Blue Glass Liner. The mustard pot is oval with a flat base, a reeded lower body, embossed flower and swag decoration on the upper body, a gadrooned rim and a domed lid with a shell thumb rest.

The mustard pot is made in London by renowned silversmiths William Hutton & Sons Ltd and dates to 1897. William Hutton established the firm in Birmingham in 1800 but in 1832 he transferred the entire business to Sheffield. Several generations of the Hutton family followed in the business and additional manufacturing was set up in London and back in Birmingham as well as a showroom in London’s Holborn district. The firm got into trouble in the late 1920s, as so many did, and was taken over by James Dixon & Sons in 1930.

Condition is extremely good, with no dings or dents in the silver, no chips or cracks in the glass liner and just the superficial surface wear that you would expect after over 125 years of good service. Please make sure to view all the photographs.

The mustard pot is 9.3cm / 3.6ins from rim to handle, 5.5cm / 2.1ins across and stands 4.5cm / 1.8ins high. Without the blue glass liner it weighs in at a very respectable 60.0g / 2.1oz of solid Sterling Silver and all together it weighs 101.6g / 3.6oz.

There is a full set of hallmarks on the underside of the base and a partial set on the inside of the lid. They are somewhat rubbed but between them they show the lion passant for Sterling Silver, the leopard's head assay mark for London, the date letter b for 1897 and the distinctive W H & Ss Ld makers' mark for William Hutton & Sons Ltd.

Shipping in the UK is £10 by Royal Mail Special Delivery, which includes cover for the value of the mustard pot.
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