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George III Sterling Silver Toast Rack, Graduated Open Wire Work Divisions, Oval Loop Handle, Standing on Four Splayed Bracket Feet, London 1789

(s200A)

A very attractive and elegant George III silver toast rack, having six open wire work compartments with a looped carrying handle, standing on four splayed bracket feet. This delightful toast rack was made in London in 1789 in the age of elegance.

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The main body of the toast rack is formed by an elliptical shaped frame with a lateral stretcher running through the centre of the toast rack. From this under frame rises graduated toast compartments in semi-elliptical form. The central wire support is surmounted with the oval shaped loop handle.

The toast rack stands proudly on four splayed out bracket feet.

There is an open loop handle to the toast rack which is of an oval form, also produced in circular cross sectioned silver wire.

There are four bracket feet to the toast rack, each of a splayed bracket shape. Each foot has an engraved line round it to high-light its shape.

At one end of the main frame is the initials of the owner of the toast rack in Gothic lettering. Then on the under-side of the frame is the full set of hallmarks, a full description of which are given in the marks section below.

A very elegant George III sterling silver six compartment toast rack, pretty and also functional

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Size and Weight: (values are approximate)

	7¾" X 4¾" (197mm X 122mm) long X wide.
	4¾" (122mm) in height to the top of the loop handle.
	5oz (139gms) in weight.

Marks:

Lion Passant Mark for Sterling Silver; Crowned Leopards Head Mark of the London Assay Office; Date Letter 'O' for 1789; Sovereign's Head Duty Mark of King George III. Makers Mark of 'T*H' -name not traced.

Condition:

This beautiful toast rack is in good condition with no major repairs or restoration. The only small repairs that I think may have been carried out are the re-making of a few of the joints where the wire compartments pierce through the frame on the underside of the toast rack, but this does not detract from this very elegant and collectable toast rack from the eighteenth century. A fine piece of domestic English silver for the collector.