M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES

 

  

 WILLIAM IV SILVER BOTTLE STOPPER

Henry Wilkinson & Co., Sheffield, 1831-36

 

    

 

    

 

    

   

Lion Passant & George IV Punches                                                                                       Sheffield Punch            

    

       

             

                          George IV Punch and Maker's Mark                                                              Lion Passant and Marker's Mark                                 

   

A good silver bottle stopper, the finial a cast grape vine stem with finely stippled leaves and grapes,

surmounting a silver screw and marked disk-form silver base, the top with maker's mark, George IV

mark and lion passant, the base with maker's mark and lion passant

     

Note: each individual cork, if desired, can be threaded onto the long screw.

   

Condition: Excellent; all marks crisp; some very light rubbing to the edges of stippled leaves

     

2" High / .5 oz (without cork)

     

SOLD     

 

#5851

 

Note:

This stopper, and the pair listed en suite below, are constructed with a long screw that threads through the cork of

choice, attaching to the base-marked silver buttons .  These stoppers are very rare, most dating much later in the

19th and 20th centuries. 

  

 

 

CLICK for an additional identical pair, Shown below:

 

 

Pair of William IV Silver Bottle Stoppers

en suite with the above

  Henry Wilkinson & Co, Sheffield, 1831-36

 

Each finial a cast grape vine stem with leaves and grapes, the leaves finely stippled

2-3/8" and 2-1/8" High with present corks / 1.2 oz. (including corks)

#5869

SOLD 

 

 

 

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 For information, call (901) 761-1163 or (901) 827-4668 or email mfcreech@bellsouth.net 

 

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