A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS AND SHEFFIELD-PLATED WARMING STANDS

A PAIR OF EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER ENTRÉE DISHES AND COVERS AND SHEFFIELD-PLATED WARMING STANDS
THE DISHES AND COVERS MARK OF BARNARD BROTHERS, LONDON, 1840; THE WARMING STANDS MARK OF MATTHEW BOULTON, BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1840
The dishes rectangular with gadrooned rims with shells flanked by acanthus at corners, the high domed covers with gadrooned band and heraldic lion passant form finial, the conforming stands raised on paw feet, removable warming pans weighted, covers engraved with a coat-of-arms on both sides and dishes engraved with crest, marked on dishes, covers, finials, and stands
14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm.) long, over handles
135 oz. 10 dwt. (4,214 gr.) weighable silver