Coasters clean up nicely at £1900
UK: A SMART pair of George III coasters, 61/4in (16cm) diameter – appealing for their wirework gallery and turned hardwood bases centred by (possibly later) crested central roundels – was unearthed by George Kidner auctioneers during a house clearance, neglected and black with dirt.
They were marked for the Sheffield smith George Ashworth, 1798 which (together with a pleasing condi…