Condition: Fair pre-owned antique condition. One of the smaller bottles was broken at the neck and repaired. Another bottle in the set has two significant chips on the rim. There are numerous fleabite chips throughout the set consistent with age and use. The sterling holder has a few small dents on it's base and wear. Please see photos.
Details: This antique cruet set consists of seven cut crystal bottles, all lidded but one, and a sterling silver holder with wooden base. Three of the bottles have sterling lids, one of which is hinged. The sterling jar lids and holder have hallmarks for Charles Boyton & Son.
Charles Boyton was a notable silversmith working in the early nineteenth century in the Clerkenwell area of London. The firm flourished and moved to Northampton Square in Clerkenwell in 1849 under Charles Boyton II, changing its name to Charles Boyton & Son. Charles Boyton II passed away in 1899 and the firm forged ahead under his grandson Charles Holman Boyton until his death in 1904. The firm became a limited company in 1919 as Charles Boyton & Son Ltd.
