A pair of Whitefriars 'topaz' finger bowls

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A pair of Whitefriars 'topaz' finger bowls
each with everted rim engraved with royal cipher VR and the arms of the City of London within continuous band of entwined thistles, roses and shamrocks above a shouldered decagonal cut and reeded body, on circular foot -- 13cm. diam., circa 1837 (minute rim chips)
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Lot Essay

C.f. Evans, Ross and Werner Whitefriars Glass James Powell & Sons Of London p.19

These form part of a set of twelve finger bowls made for Queen Victoria's table at her first banquet in the City of London in 1837

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