A set of four George II silver-gilt salt cellars, by Abraham Buteux, marks worn, probably London 1728, one with maker's mark only four times, circular cauldron form, with satyr masks and garlands of flowers, rope-work border, on four scroll legs on paw feet, the centres with later worn crests below a coronet, diameter 8.5cm, approx. weight 24oz. (4) The crests are that of William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex (1697-1742)