January 2, 2024
ANTIQUE ENGLISH STERLING SILVER 1784 HESTER BATEMAN
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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH STERLING SILVER FROM THE FAMOUS WORKSHOP OF HESTER BATEMAN, DATED 1784. HALLMARKS (SEE PHOTOS) ARE LEOPARD HEAD FOR LONDON, INITIALS HB FOR HESTER BATEMAN, LION PASSANT FOR STERLING, AND DATE LETTER "I" FOR 1784 - IN OTHER WORDS, 224 YEARS OLD PIECE OF HISTORY!CONDITION: FOR THE SAKE OF FULL DISCLOSURE, I MUST STATE THAT THE HANDLE IS PARTIALLY SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE CREAMER AT THE TOP (VISIBLE FROM INSIDE ONLY, PERFECT ON THE OUTSIDE AND IS SOLIDLY ATTACHED) AND T IS A HAIRLINE PARTIAL CRACK AT THE BASE. BOTH ITEMS ARE VISIBLE ONLY UPON CAREFUL INSPECTION, CAN BE EASILY FIXED, BUT ARE BEST TO BE LEFT ALONE. I HAD THIS PIECE IN MY COLECTION FOR OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS, AND IT IS THE SAME NOW AS WHEN I BOUGHT IT. IT HAS A GOOD DEGREE OF SILVER PATINATION AS I CLEANED IT MAY BE ONCE EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS WHEN IT GOT VERY DARK. WHEN CLEANED, IT IS STUNNING.YOU CAN GOOGLE CHANCERY LANE ANTIQUES FOR HESTER BATEMAN SILVER PIECES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MOST SELL IN EXCESS OF 2,000 DOLLARS. YOU HAVE A RARE FIND - SMALL RESERVE AND 0.01 STARTING PRICE. "By any standards, Hester Bateman(1709-1794) must be considered a remarkable woman. Widowed at the age of 51, she promptly took over her husband's metal smithy in Bunhill Row on the fringes of the city of London, and developed it -
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