A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTERPIECE BOWL

MARK OF ELKINGTON & CO., LONDON, 1896

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A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTERPIECE BOWL
Mark of Elkington & Co., London, 1896
Oval on a lobed oval base on four circular feet, applied with satyr masks and shields engraved on one side with initials EHA.CH, and inscription 1877-1902, 6 January on the other, the body with panels of classical goddesses reclining amid grapes and wheat sheaves, attended by putto, flanked by musical trophies, the two handles formed as wreaths pendant from satyr heads, the rim with classical masks, with plain removable liner, marked on shoulder and liner, also with French import marks
18in. (45.7cm.) long; 208oz. 10dwt. (6493gr.)

Lot Essay

French-born Lionard Morel-Ladeuil (1820-88) designed this jardiniere and an accompanying ewer, for Elkington & Co. Morel-Ladeuil studied under Antoine Vechte before joining the Birmingham firm of Elkington & Co. in 1859. His highly successful relationship with that firm resulted in a number of masterpieces such as the Invention Vase of 1853, the Milton Shield of 1867 and the Helicon Vase of 1871. A jardiniere of this same design, featuring panels of wine and wheat harvest and differing only in its handle motifs, is illustrated in L'Oeuvre de Morel-Ladeuil: Sculpteur-Ciseleur 1820-1888, 1904, p. 27.

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