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Silversmith: Walsh, Stephen
Silver; embossed and chased with borders and cartouches of flowers
Silver; circular with broad everted rim; standing on a slightly domed circular pedestal foot. The rim has an applied openwork border of roses, buds and leaves, above an embossed and chased border of flowers and leaves on a matted ground. Of the four cartouches, three contain embossed flowers, the forth is inscribed “Grace”. The foot has a narrow border of chased flowers.
History note: Unknown before Miss G.F. Clarke
Miss G.F. Clarke Bequest
Weight: 265 g
Weight: 8:10 oz: dwt
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1940) by Clarke, Grace F., Miss
19th Century, second half#
Production date:
circa
AD 1870
: Victorian
The bowl was probably made in the mid to late 19th Centuryand has 'let in marks'. A disk of silver has been inserted between the bowl and the foot with the earlier marks ‘SW’ over ‘STERLING’ and ‘SW’ over ‘WALSH’ for Stephen Walsh of Cork, circa 1760
Interior
composed of
gilt
Rim
Diameter 12.5 cm
Diameter 5 in
To Rim
Height 8 cm
Height 3⅛ in
Body
Decoration
Inscription
Accession number: M/P.3-1940
Primary reference Number: 119216
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bowl" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/119216 Accessed: 2024-11-02 18:30:49
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