A mid Victorian trowel, the beaded octagonal baluster handle engraved with geometric and stylised foliate shapes and with fluted mount wiht openwork trefoil terminal, the blade bright-cut with ivy leaves and berries and with later presentation inscription dated 1873, E. and J. Barnard, London 1865, engraved with a retailer's name: "J. Mayer. Silversmith. L-pool" - 11¾in.