THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND COVERS

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A SET OF FOUR VICTORIAN SILVER ENTREE DISHES AND COVERS
MAKER'S MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON, LONDON, 1850

Oval, the openwork rims applied with trailing oak sprays, the domed cover with similar borders and with detachable oak leaf loop handles, engraved with two coats-of-arms, fully marked--12 3/4in. (32.3cm.) long
(194oz., 6035gr.) (4)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons (Freemasons), whose arms were granted in 1473, impaling those of another. The unidentified arms are probably those of a Master who, like a Bishop, would bear the arms of the Company of Masons impaled with his own.