Lot 647: Four Paul de Lamerie Britannia Standard Salts

Set of Four George I Paul de Lamerie Britannia Standard (.958) Silver Salts, hallmarked London, 1723-1724, by Paul de Lamerie (1688-1751; free 1712), each of bulbous circular form with beaded rim and raised on three trifid-crested and -toed scroll pad feet, the interior gilt, engraved, on the body, with a rubbed crest (a lion's head erased, issuant from a basket?) and on the underside with the monogram "MC" and scratch-weight "24-5", h. 2", dia. 2-7/8", 22.12 total t. oz.