ANTIQUE 19THC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER GILT PAIR OF CAST BOWLS, LONDON C.1893
19th Century Victorian Silver pair of cast figurative bowls / large salts, each richly gilt, featuring an exceptional Rococo design in the style of the greatest Baroque silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler, and inspired in particular by the enormous wine cistern of the Hermitage Museum, the most important and the largest extant piece of antique solid silver in the world. Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1893 (S), Maker's mark JBC for Carrington & Co.
19th Century Victorian Silver pair of cast figurative bowls / large salts, each richly gilt, featuring an exceptional Rococo design in the style of the greatest Baroque silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler, and inspired in particular by the enormous wine cistern of the Hermitage Museum, the most important and the largest extant piece of antique solid silver in the world. Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1893 (S), Maker's mark JBC for Carrington & Co.
19th Century Victorian Silver pair of cast figurative bowls / large salts, each richly gilt, featuring an exceptional Rococo design in the style of the greatest Baroque silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler, and inspired in particular by the enormous wine cistern of the Hermitage Museum, the most important and the largest extant piece of antique solid silver in the world. Hallmarked English silver (925), London, year 1893 (S), Maker's mark JBC for Carrington & Co.
Description
Antique 19th Century rare Victorian Solid Silver pair of cast figurative bowls / large salts, each richly gilt, featuring an exceptional Rococo design in the style of the greatest Baroque silversmith Charles Frederick Kandler (German silversmith active in London from year 1727), and inspired in particular by the enormous wine cistern of the Hermitage Museum, the most important and the largest extant piece of antique solid silver in the world (please follow this link). Filled bases, each bowl is Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1893 (S), Maker's mark JBC (Carrington & Co, Great silversmiths with a Royal Warrants from Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Edward VII and George V, as well as Nicholas I, II and Queen Alexandra of Russia).
Condition
In Great Condition - no damage, just general wear.
Size
Height (each): 15.5cm
Width (each): 14.5 x 8cm
Total Weight: 790g