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A Pair of Silver Pepperettes by E H Stockwell
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in the form of poppy seed heads, a pierced grill beneath the crown.
Stamped: EHS
London, 1874
9 cm in length
Presented in their original tooled leather and blue velvet lined display case, retailed by ‘C Sewell, Jeweller and Silversmith, 4 Davies Street, Berkeley Square.”
Shaking poppy seeds across the garden to sew more flowers for the following year is a highly evocative, redolent of the summertime and childhood.
These pepperettes ingeniously mimic this action as they are shaken by the stem to release pepper from beneath the crown.