A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTREPIECE-BOWL
MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON, LONDON, 1850
The detachable bowl of shaped lobed circular section with fruiting-grape cast rim, the base cast as an oak tree with chased branches, foliage, acorns and trunk on undulated triangular foot cast as foliage covered roots and applied with three detachable ornaments formed as sprouting leaves, the base engraved with the monogram 'HHCL', marked near rim, on base and on detachable foliage
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high
147 oz. (4,582 gr.)
A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTREPIECE-BOWL
MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON, LONDON, 1850
The detachable bowl of shaped lobed circular section with fruiting-grape cast rim, the base cast as an oak tree with chased branches, foliage, acorns and trunk on undulated triangular foot cast as foliage covered roots and applied with three detachable ornaments formed as sprouting leaves, the base engraved with the monogram 'HHCL', marked near rim, on base and on detachable foliage
13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high
147 oz. (4,582 gr.)