George III Silver Cruet Set with Glass Bottles
A George III sterling silver cruet set, Duncan Urquhart & Naphtali Hart, London, 1798, the elliptical stand with engraved and pierced gallery and central handle accommodating seven silver mounted cut glass bottles and casters of various types (one caster a mismatching replacement of later maker and date), height 9.65 in., length 6.89 in., width 5.12 in.
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- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
- Caster - Casters are so-called because they ‘cast’ their contents over food. They consist of a container, usually in silver or pewter with a removable perforated top which allows for the sprinkling of condiments such as sugar, pepper and nutmeg.
- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
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