A set of four 19th century French cast silver wine coasters,...

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£3,000 - £4,000

A set of four 19th century French cast silver wine coasters, of substantial gauge, pierced and beaded borders, each base chased with a Rococo band of flowers and scrolling foliage, centred by an armorial, 15.5cm diam, Paris c.1830, 1972g


Heraldry: Arms allowed to William Williams Hope of London and Rushton, Northamptonshire (1803-1855) banker and art connoisseur, son of Harley St. Surgeon John Williams who married a (Scottish) Hope heiress and assumed her name and arms, quarterly with Williams