WOLFSKY & CO. LTD. OCTAGONAL STERLING SILVER SUGAR CASTER, LONDON, 1933

Art Deco octagonal sugar caster of baluster form raised on a moulded and stepped circular spreading foot, the plain faceted body widening towards the shoulder and narrowing to a cylindrical neck, the detachable domed cover pierced with stylised geometric and floral motifs and surmounted by a vase-shaped finial Engraved ‘NORRLANDS FÄLTRIDTKLUBB / ÖSTERSUND / FEBR. 1915 / 2. PRIS’, a second prize awarded by the Norrland Riding Club in Östersund in February 1915 Hallmarks: maker’s mark ‘W & Co LD’ for Wolfsky & Co. Ltd., ‘lion passant’ for sterling silver (925/1000), London Assay Office mark ‘leopard’s head’, Gothic lower-case date letter ‘s’ for 1933 (on the neck and cover); Swedish import and control marks ‘GAB·F’ for Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Stockholm, ‘three crowns in a trefoil’ and ‘S in a hexagon’ (on the base) H. 21 cm, diameter 7.5 cm gross weight: 241 gr.