Antique silver strainers, motespoons

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	A William III motespoon with plain pierced bowl and rudimentary rat-tail, by Abraham Harache of London circa 1695. Price: David McKinley illustrates a motespoon very similar to this one on page 45 of The First Huguenot Silversmiths of London. Pages 43-48 of this book describe the known life and career of Abraham Harache.	8145
	An unusually large infuser, by Thomas Johnson London 1861 (also marked in the lid). Price:	6086
	A George II motespoon with fluted bowl, circa 1730 with vestigial maker's mark. Price: £365.00	9598
	A motespoon sparsely pierced with crosses and fol-de-rols above and below probably by William Cattell, London circa 1770. Price: £340.00	1993
	A plain motespoon of superior gauge probably by Elias Cachart, London 1739-55. Price: £295.00	9324
A motespoon of conventional form marked twice with a squeezed maker's mark. Price: £295.00		6972
	A French hanging tea-strainer with border of shells and scrolls Paris 1819-39, 1st standard by O over W, heart and crossed swords between. Price: £225.00	2548
	A mote/straining spoon (13.2cm long) with a bud terminal and a pierced and engraved bowl with rat-tail, 2nd quarter of the 18th century with a vestigial maker's mark. Price: £180.00	9583

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