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ANTIQUE #SA1056912
18th century cast brass skimmer - CATEGORY: ANTIQUE METAL - DATED 18TH CENTURY
 

18th Century Cast Brass Skimmer

£295    $378    €356
An English cast brass skimmer with which ''cooks take away all the filth and scume from off a boiling pott the liquor runing throw the holes, and the dreggs remaineing on the scummer''. This example has been cast with the unusual feature of a hook to hang by rather than the more usual hole.
 
Made similar throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, this example thought to date to around 1750.
 
20.75 in x 5.75 in dia
 
 
Internal Reference: 5009
Antique Number: SA1056912
Dateline of this antique is 18th Century
Antique #SA1056912, shown on this page, originates from the 18th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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