Lot 790
  • 790

A pair of Swedish silver standing bowls and covers, Olof H. Bergström, Uppsala, 1819

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Silver
  • 25.5cm., 10in. high
circular, the bowls each engraved with an inscription above lobes and triform bases with swans, the detachable covers with dolphin finials, lion mask and ring handles

Condition

marks and condition good but the lids don't fit very well... one of the lids has a spoon notch, the other does not
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Catalogue Note

The inscriptions read: 'Till Acad Răntmăol. Doctor Sven Themptander af Dess Landsmăn 1819.'