A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTERPIECE ON MIRROR PLATEAU

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A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTERPIECE ON MIRROR PLATEAU
LONDON, 1859, MAKER'S MARK OF GEORGE RICHARDS ELKINGTON

The circular mirror plateau raised on three anthemion feet, the base molding with two beaded borders and applied at intervals with shells and on the front with a cartouche, the mirror mounted with three figures of swans and three blossoming waterlilies, centering a cluster of cat-tails and leaves with a central trumpet-form vase with a rim formed of six leaves, the base cartouche engraved with a coat of arms, marked on base, swans, waterlilies, all three sections of cat-tails, and vase--18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high