THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LARGE EDWARDIAN SILVER-GILT CENTREPIECE, the shaped-oblong base on six foliate scroll feet and with shell and foliage scroll borders, six scroll branches, each terminating in shell-shaped dish and central domed plinth with detachable two-handled partly-fluted shaped-circular dish on four anthemion and scroll feet and with baluster stem, leaf-capped scroll handles and shaped rim, the base engraved with presentation inscription, scenes and a coat-of-arms, the dish with crest, motto and monogram, by John Bodman Carrington, 1904
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A LARGE EDWARDIAN SILVER-GILT CENTREPIECE, the shaped-oblong base on six foliate scroll feet and with shell and foliage scroll borders, six scroll branches, each terminating in shell-shaped dish and central domed plinth with detachable two-handled partly-fluted shaped-circular dish on four anthemion and scroll feet and with baluster stem, leaf-capped scroll handles and shaped rim, the base engraved with presentation inscription, scenes and a coat-of-arms, the dish with crest, motto and monogram, by John Bodman Carrington, 1904
30in. (76.5cm.) long
(584ozs.)
The inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO W. HARRISON CRIPPS F.R.C.S. TOGETHER WITH THREE THOUSAND GUINEAS BY THE DIRECTORS & SHAREHOLDERS OF THE METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY AS A MARK OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS VALUABLE SERVICES AS CHAIRMAN DURING THE ARBITRATIONS WITH THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL & THE BORORUGH COUNCIL OF MARYLEBONE 1899-1904'
The arms are those of Cripps
30in. (76.5cm.) long
(584ozs.)
The inscription reads 'PRESENTED TO W. HARRISON CRIPPS F.R.C.S. TOGETHER WITH THREE THOUSAND GUINEAS BY THE DIRECTORS & SHAREHOLDERS OF THE METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY AS A MARK OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS VALUABLE SERVICES AS CHAIRMAN DURING THE ARBITRATIONS WITH THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL & THE BORORUGH COUNCIL OF MARYLEBONE 1899-1904'
The arms are those of Cripps