Lot 2174
A pair of George III silver crested boat shaped pedestal table salts, having gilt-washed interiors and reeded oval lead weighted bases, maker Hester Bateman, London 1789, 10.5cmCondition report: Excellent, no apparent faults.Hester Bateman (1708-1794) is probably England's most renowned female silversmith. She successfully ran her family business for thirty years following the death of her husband John in 1760, and was succeeded in turn by her sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and great-grandson. The Bateman family silversmithing company lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century.
