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A VICTORIAN SILVER TESTIMONIAL-CENTREPIECE
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1846
A VICTORIAN SILVER TESTIMONIAL-CENTREPIECE MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1846 The base tricorn shaped, each end applied with a figure emblematic of the arts, each seated on cast rockwork and resting against a central fluted and laurel branch column, with a central column with cast scenes of actors and applied with cast putto holding floral swags, capped with a cast figure of a maiden with musical instruments, the base with a plaque with an inscription, marked on the base, on figures, inside cast plaques and on top column, the foot further stamped 'HUNT AND ROSKELL LATE STORR, MORTIMER AND HUNT' and numbered 2662 673 oz. (20,916 gr.) The inscription reads 'IN RECORD OF THE ZEAL, JUDGMENT AND LIBERALITY EVINCED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, THIS TESTIMONIAL IS PRESENTED TO B. LUMLEY ESQ r e BY HIS FRIENDS AND SUBSCRIBERS 1846'