Price
£295.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
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An English cast brass skimmer with which "cooks take away all the filth and scume from off a boiling pott the liquor runing throw the holes, and the dreggs remaineing on the scummer".
This example has been cast with the unusual feature of a hook to hang by rather than the more usual hole.
Made similar throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, this example thought to date to around 1750.
20.75 in x 5.75 in dia.
Stock number
5009The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees