[QUOTE=urbanspaceman;286395]I Matthew Boulton; considering it's age also suggests Boulton.
Perhaps in passing we should mention bright cut steel.When new this faceted style of decoration was cut and polished to such a degree of fineness that it actually resists corrosion. Whether this was due to the quality of the steel or the the polishing is another technique lost to history
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