The Art of Gathering

Comprising one George III sterling silver cruet set, with pierced and engraved Neoclassical decoration, ball-and-claw feet, and mahogany bottom, possibly by Francis Parsons, Exeter, no date mark, including seven sterling silver-mounted glass cruets/bottles, marked "WS," London, date marks rubbed; a George III sterling silver cruet set with pierced and engraved Neoclassical motifs, armorial crest, and ball-and-claw feet, John Hoyland & Co., Sheffield, 1776, and including five silver-mounted glass cruets/bottles; and a silverplated cruet set, likely Victorian, marked" J & J W" and "GS," including five silverplate-mounted glass cruets/bottles; all marked.