A George II silver shaving bowl, probably from The Warrington Plate,

A George II silver-gilt shaving bowl, probably from The Warrington Plate,
by David Willaume, London 1742,
oblong form, moulded border with a neck notch, possibly with a trace of gilding, engraved with an earl's coronet above a 'W' probably for George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington, the underside with a scratch weight '33-4' and with an old museum loan number, length 34.2cm, approx. weight 33oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
For a very similar image of the crowned W, see: Lomax, J., and Rothwell, J., Country House Silver at Dunham Massey, The National Trust, 2006, page 113, Cat.56.