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Reference: S1262
Period: George III
Year: 1800
Silversmith: Wakelin & Garrard
Place: London
Price: $ 60.00
Weight: 70 grams
Dimensions: 25 cm
Condition: Good, cut marks as usual on skewers that have been used.
Description: Plain silver meat skewer with ring pull and a diamond shaped crest, indicating it once belonged to an unmarried daughter of a nobleman. Skewers were used in joints of meat to hold them together whilst carving. John Wakelin and Robert Garrard I were extremely important makers, who were appointed as Goldsmith & Jeweller to the King (George III) in 1797 (Source Grimwade, London Goldsmiths). The hallmarks are well struck and extremely clear. The makers mark appears to be overstruck. Garrard, who joined Wakelin in 1792, took over the firm on Wakelin's death in 1802 - Garrard's still exists today.
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