Some time ago I looked to the glassfronted cabinet in my lounge after buying a small silver pepperette (London 1810) and realized that, in my unawareness, I had assembled a small collection of silver shakers.
Casters, pepperettes, wig powderers, talc bottles scattered on the shelves waited a neater arrangement.
The shakers range from the middle of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century:
200 years of history in seven small silver pieces.
 

a small collection of silver shakers ranging from mid 18th to mid 20th century (www.silvercollection.it)

1748              1789      1805/1860            1810           1850 c.        1907/1938         1950 c.       Two centuries of silver shakers (www.silvercollection.it)

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silver caster - London 1748 silversmith Samuel Meriton I 5 1/2 in (cm. 13,5) high more on www.silvercollection.it	hallmarks and 'numbers' on the bottom more on www.silvercollection.it

silver pepper castor - London 1784 silversmith Robert Hennel 3 in (cm. 7,5) high more on www.silvercollection.it	hallmarks on the bottom more on www.silvercollection.it

silver wig powderer or pepperette the body is marked London 1805 silversmith John Emes the cover is marked London 1860 silversmiths Charles and George Fox gilt interior 3 in (cm. 7,5) high more on www.silvercollection.it	hallmarks on the bottom of the body: silversmith John Emes more on www.silvercollection.it

family crest: lion's head stabbed by an arrow more on www.silvercollection.it	hallmarks on the cover: silversmiths Charles and George Fox more on www.silvercollection.it

silver pepperette - London 1810 silversmith unreadable gilt interior 2 3/4 in (cm. 7) high more on www.silvercollection.it	hallmarks on the rim more on www.silvercollection.it

silver shaker - Wien - Austria 1816-1866 silversmith KM 4 in (cm. 10) high more on www.silvercollection.it	Wien hallmarks (date unreadable) more on www.silvercollection.it

silver talc bottle: 1907-1938 silversmith - Tiffany & Co. 3 1/2 in (cm. 9) high more on www.silvercollection.it	hallmarks Tiffany & Co. 1907-1938 pattern number: 17690 order number: 4925 more on www.silvercollection.it

silver talc holder: about 1950 silversmith: Sandonà Argenterie snc - Treviso (Italy) 3 in (cm. 7,5) high more on www.silvercollection.it	hallmarks Sandonà Argenterie snc - Treviso - Italy (TV 15) more on www.silvercollection.it

 

Giorgio Busetto - 2005 -
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