Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 29th April 2014

Lot 1363

An early Victorian silver two-handled soup tureen and cover

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £5200

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Description

An early Victorian silver two-handled soup tureen and cover,

by John Watson and Son, Sheffield 1838,

lobed oval form, leaf capped scroll handles, shell and scroll borders, the domed pull-off cover with a handle modelled as the Hornby crest, on four heavy foliate scroll bracket feet, engraved with the Hornby crest, length 43.5cm, approx. weight 130oz.