A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT AND SHELL TAZZA
MARK OF ROBERT ROSKELL, ALLAN ROSKELL AND JOHN MORTIMER HUNT, LONDON, 1885
Each on domed circular base with band of engraved vitruvian scrolls, the stem cast as coral supported on three cast shells, supporting a natural shell with silver-gilt rim, the base engraved with initials ML below a Royal duke's coronet, the shell similarly carved and further carved with initials below a Khedival crown, each marked on base and rim, the based further stamped 'Hunt & Roskell' and numbered '8988'
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
The initials ML with Royal coronet is almost certainly for Princess Marie-Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872-1956), second daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831-1917) and Princess Helena (1846-1923), third daughter of Queen Victoria. The further crown above Arabic initials is Egyptian. (2)
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT AND SHELL TAZZA
MARK OF ROBERT ROSKELL, ALLAN ROSKELL AND JOHN MORTIMER HUNT, LONDON, 1885
Each on domed circular base with band of engraved vitruvian scrolls, the stem cast as coral supported on three cast shells, supporting a natural shell with silver-gilt rim, the base engraved with initials ML below a Royal duke's coronet, the shell similarly carved and further carved with initials below a Khedival crown, each marked on base and rim, the based further stamped 'Hunt & Roskell' and numbered '8988'
7¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
The initials ML with Royal coronet is almost certainly for Princess Marie-Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872-1956), second daughter of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831-1917) and Princess Helena (1846-1923), third daughter of Queen Victoria. The further crown above Arabic initials is Egyptian. (2)
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