Stock No. 2427	Pair George II Whiplash pattern salt spoons
	Rare pair of George II sterling silver Whiplash pattern salt spoons. Unmarked. Circa 1750. The stems are twisted and shaped like a whip with the ends bent over and coiled back round the stem. The stems meet the bowls in a double ring drop. The backs of the bowls are fluted and the edges of the bowls are very attractively crenellated. The inside of the bowls still retain a soft layer of original gilding.

Condition :-Excellent
Circa :- 1750
Size :- 3.7 inches (9.40 cm) long
Weight :- 0.65 ozt (20.1 g)
The Whiplash pattern is one of the most rare eighteenth century patterns known. This pattern has, to date, only been found in salt spoons and a very limited number of teaspoons in the eighteenth century and may be roughly dated from the 1730s to the 1770s. It was usual for whiplash salt spoons of that period to be unmarked.

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