A GEORGE V SILVER AND ENAMEL PRESENTATION ROSE BOWL AND COVER, GUILD OF HANDICRAFT OF CHIPPING CAMPDEN, LONDON, 1931

Condition of bowl and cover and stand good. For further queries please contact the Silver Department directly on +44(0)207.293.5100
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In Arts & Crafts style, the lobed almost hemispherical bowl engraved with an inscription below a chased foliate lip applied with twelve enamel Tudor rose bosses, the detachable cover embossed and pierced stylized flowering plants, ivory finial, on hardstone plinth

31cm, 12 14in diameter; 3567gr, 114oz 10dwt of silver all in

 

The inscription reads: 'Presented to A.H. Singleton Esq. by the Members of the Malt Vinegar Brewers Federation, as a token of esteem and regard, and in grateful recognition of distinguished service as Chairman, 1926 to 1931.'

 

The recipient was a solicitor whose practice was established in Victoria Square, Birmingham.

 

Sold with this lot is a small group of papers, the majority dated during the 1920s, relating to a parliamentary Bill 'to define vinegar and liquids made in imitation of vinegar and to regulate the sale thereof,' &c.