A Magnificent Solid Silver Sterling Toast Rack standing on 4 classical scrolled feet
Wonderfull family armorial crest of a lady holding a laurel wreath and a regal crown
Nice wide compartments for toast slices 1.4cm
Hallmarked for London 1849
Silversmith Hunt & Roskill Late Storr Mortimer & Hunt
Weight 573 grams
Length 19cm
Height 16cm
Width 13cm
Hunt & Roskell was a renowned jewellers and silversmiths on Bond Street in London who for many years held the Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria. The firm was the successor to the celebrated silversmith Paul Storr who had left Rundell, Bridge & Rundell to set up his own workshop on Harrison Street near Clerkenwell in 1819.
They exhibited at the Great Exhibition held in 1851 at the Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park where they were noted for the splendour of their display, reputedly worth a total of £100,000. By this time they had already been granted the Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria, an honour they refle
...cted in their maker’s mark which they surmounted with a crown. Further exhibitions followed both at home and abroad including New York in 1853 and Paris in 1867.
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA983702
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
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