Fine English pierced sterling silver and white glass covered floral mustard pot, London, 1848 makers: John Angell and George Angell. The body is a pierced sterling floral design and the top is engraved with a similar design. The lid has a figural shell upright thumb piece.

The Angell family history according to silver collection after the dissolution of the business Angell, Son & Angell (1840), John Charles Angell and George Angell (sons of John Angell) entered their first mark, trading at 51 Compton Street, Clerkenwell. John Charles Angell was apprenticed to his father in 1825, obtaining his freedom in 1832. George Angell obtained his freedom by patrimony in 1842. John Charles Angell died in 1850 and the activity was continued by his brother George as George Angell & Co (1852-1860) and as George Angell manufacturing silversmith. George Angell participated to the 1851 Great Exhibition with a large vase (in the 'Etruscan style', illustrative of the progress of civilization) and other silverware. In 1884, after the death of George Angell, the firm was taken over by George Frederick Courthope. He entered his own mark (2 October 1884) but continued to trade under the style of George Angell until 1889. Beginning as manufacturing silversmiths, Angell family gradually turned to retail business, assuming the role of one of the largest and most important silversmithing and jewellery manufacturers and retailers in London in the mid-19th century.