Lot 311
A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH WINE TASTER
with a ring handle & an oval thumbpiece, maker's mark "A.F", Paris post 1838 together with a modern, similar example by the Barker Ellis Co., Birmingham 1973*, and a plated similar example with a serpent ring handle; the largest one 3.5" (8.8 cms) diameter; 5.6 oz weighable silver (3)
*With a special mark commemorating the Bicentenary of the Birmingham Assay Office.
