VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A Victorian silver-plated centrepiece and mirror plateau
MAKER'S MARK OF ELKINGTON AND COMPANY, 1860
Details
A Victorian silver-plated centrepiece and mirror plateau
maker's mark of Elkington and Company, 1860
The centrepiece on shaped-circular base realistically cast and chased to simulate a rocky outcrop, applied with a standing figure of a nomad, a seated figure smoking a pipe beside a table, a resting camel and three entwined palm trees each fitted with a detachable branch terminating in a shaped-circular foliate drip-pan and similar vase-shaped socket, the shaped-circular mirror plateau with rockwork sides and four detachable plants and wood base, the base of the centrepiece engraved with presentation inscription, applied beneath the base with an oval cartouche stamped 'Published by Elkington and Co, May 1860'
the centrepiece 24¼in. (62cm.) high
the mirror plateau 16½in. (42cm.) diam.
maker's mark of Elkington and Company, 1860
The centrepiece on shaped-circular base realistically cast and chased to simulate a rocky outcrop, applied with a standing figure of a nomad, a seated figure smoking a pipe beside a table, a resting camel and three entwined palm trees each fitted with a detachable branch terminating in a shaped-circular foliate drip-pan and similar vase-shaped socket, the shaped-circular mirror plateau with rockwork sides and four detachable plants and wood base, the base of the centrepiece engraved with presentation inscription, applied beneath the base with an oval cartouche stamped 'Published by Elkington and Co, May 1860'
the centrepiece 24¼in. (62cm.) high
the mirror plateau 16½in. (42cm.) diam.