A monumental silver presentation bowl of compressed circular form with fruiting vine border and foliate scroll handles terminating in rosettes, the body applied with a frieze of fruiting vines above applied strapwork bordered with snakeskin decoration, on circular pedestal foot, gilt interior, the bowl inscribed to the front with a monogram and date. The piece is mounted on a wooden plinth and comes in a fitted break-front case retailed by Asprey, lined in silk and velvet.
English Silver Presentation Bowl
William Lister & Sons1918
silver
height: 29.5 cm; diameter: 35 cm;
overall width: 50.2 cm; weight: 5224 gm
maker’s mark: WL & S N S inside a lozenge for William Lister & Sons
city assay mark: leopard’s head in a shield for London
date letter ‘c’ for 1918
lion passant for sterling standard