MARK OF WILSON AND GILL LTD., LONDON, 1909

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AN EDWARDIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER THREE-PIECE GARNITURE
MARK OF WILSON AND GILL LTD., LONDON, 1909
comprising a large centerpiece bowl on stand and a pair of smaller matching bowls on stands, marked on bowls, stands and finial
16 ¾ in. (43.7 cm.) high, the larger, 251 oz. 4 dwt (7,826 gr.)

Lot Essay

The à l’antique form of this garniture can be indebt to the Parisian table prototypes. The griffin-support were an extremely popular model and can be found on prestigious decorative arts examples such as a gueridon in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris (see S. Legrand-Rossi, Le Mobilier du Musée Nissim de Camondo, Dijon, 2012, pp. 142-3).

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