A set of twelve silver-gilt bowls

MAKER'S MARK OF GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS COMPANY, LONDON, THREE 1930, FOUR 1932

Details

A set of twelve silver-gilt bowls
maker's mark of Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, London, three 1930, four 1932
Circular, each on moulded rim foot and with everted rim engraved with shells, scroll and flowers, a coat-of-arms with Earl's coronet above and a monogram with Earl's coronet above, marked on bases
5 in. (12.8 cm.) diam.
92ozs. (2,860gr.)
The arms are those of Booth, as borne by George, 2nd Earl of Warrington (12)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's New York, 21 October 1993, lot 378.

Lot Essay

Copies of originals by Edward Feline made for George Booth, Earl of Warrington, in 1749 and included in the sale of Warrington Plate at Christie's, London, in 1921. They may have been the "Basins to wash my mouth" listed in the Earl's manuscript inventory of his silver but it is perhaps more likely that they were intended as finger bowls, or for flowers.

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