Pair of Silver Rabbit Salt and Pepper Pots by Wakely and Wheeler

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A charming pair of sterling silver salt and pepper pots by Wakely & Wheeler, London 1964. Amusing animal themed silver table ware was incredibly popular during the earlier Victorian and Edwardian periods. The upper classes revelled in hosting elaborate dinner parties with elaborate and intricately dressed tables show-casing expensive collections of silver. Meticulously poised and modelled to playfully dispense salt and pepper for hungry diners these beautiful pair of salt and pepper pots would be perfectly at home gracing an elaborate evening dinner table or spring Sunday picnic. The London firm of Wakely & Wheeler was founded in the 18th-century and became known for producing high quality decorative tableware.

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