1830s Serving Bowls

This is a rare and beautiful low comport made by H&R Daniel in about 1838. The dish is potted in the "pierced" or "Queens" shape and bears pattern no. 7096 with a emerald green groun...

This is a rare and beautiful low comport made by H&R Daniel in about 1838. The dish is potted in the "pierced" or "Queens" shape and bears pattern no. 7092 with a cobalt blue ground,...

A magnificent, fine and impressive antique French silver and cut glass serving/caviar dish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This magnificent antique French silver and cut glass caviar/serving dish has circular shaped form onto a pedestal and square base. This antique silver dish is fitted with an exceptional cut glass body. The upper and lower portions of the dish are encompassed with impressive French silver mounts embellished with chased lobed stylised leaf decoration. The magnificent dish retains the original cast handles, ornamented with impressive spiralling rosette and leaf designs to the handpieces and sockets. The caviar dish is fitted with an impressive hallmarked push fit domed cover, encompassed to the rim with a simplified leaf decorated border. The cover is surmounted with exceptional cast floral and foliate motif emanating from a cast silver bud style finial; this ornamental motif is detachable, secured in situ via the screw fit finial. This exceptional dish is supported by an impressive cast leaf decorated pedestal to a swept square base. The base is encompassed with further chased leaf decoration, reflecting that of the vessels upper rim. The decoration to the base incorporates two cartouches, one bearing the contemporary engraved initials 'EDCHSV' and the other featuring a coat of arms depicting an escutcheon of three mullets of six points pierced, surmounted with a helm with closed-visor. The serving dish base is supported by four exceptional cast silver paw style feet, accented with leaf and floral rosette designs. The hallmarks to the cover and rim of the base include: Maker's mark: Untraced Silver quality/purity mark: Mercury, 1 (.950, 950/1000, Paris) Guarantee mark: Paris (large guarantee) NOTE: From August 1819 the French silverware hallmarking system was developed to require pieces to be marked with the maker's mark, the mark indicating fineness and a guarantee mark. These continued to be the required range of hallmarks until May 1838, where the head of Minerva mark was utilised opposed to Mercury. This determines the date of the piece as circa 1830. Condition This French silver caviar dish is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. The cast and chased decoration is very sharp and the engraved ornamentation is very crisp. The French hallmarks struck to the underside of the cover and rim of the base are all very clear. Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this magnificent example of 19th century silverware...

Three-piece lidded bowl made of silver (12 Lot = 750 fine). Johann George Hossauer (1794 Berlin - 1874 ibid.) after a Schinkel design, assayer’s mark J. C. S. Kessner.

Originally intended as a Confiturier (jam holder), this exquisite serving piece would also function very nicely today as an extremely elegant silver caviar bowl, complete with 10 ass...

This is a very striking two-handled serving dish made by Samuel Alcock around the year 1835. The dish has a beautiful maroon and cream ground with rich gilding and beautiful hand pai...

Silver and cut-crystal confiturier decorated with geometrical patterns.The silver frame is adorned with laurel leaves and stylized palmettes. The handles are decorated with acanthus leaves, seeds and shells forming a cornucopia. Twelve vermeil spoons...

This is a beautiful dessert serving dish made by Davenport circa 1830. The dish is decorated in a beautiful salmon ground with gilt and hand painted flowers, and has a very character...

This is a beautiful lidded sucrier made by Spode around the year 1830. The sucrier is made in Felspar porcelain and has a bulbous shape, maroon ground color and stunning flower paintings. Spode was the great Pioneer among the Georgian potters in England. Around the year 1800 he perfected the bone china recipe that has been used by British potters ever since, and he was also the leading potter behind the technique of transferware, making it possible for English potters to replace the Chinese export china, which had come to an end around that time, with their own designs. This was fundamental to a thriving industry that would last for about 150 years and provide half the world with their tableware. Spode porcelain is regarded as one of the highest quality porcelains around; for a soft-paste porcelain it is surprisingly hard and fine, and has a wonderful bright white color. This sucrier was potted in "Felspar" porcelain, which was a new recipe that Spode brought out in the early 1820s. Felspar porcelain is a little heavier than the normal bone china, but it is as strong and beautiful, and as it doesn't chip as easily it was very popular for table wear. This sucrier is in a rare shape that is clearly influenced by the Rococo Revival style, which became very fashionable around this time. The shape is bulbous and on top of the cover sits a finial in the shape of a cherry; the handles have little ribbons and there is surface moulding on the nicely plied body. It has a wonderfully deep maroon ground colour; this would have been expensive to create as maroon was very difficult to fire. If the temperature in the kiln was only slightly wrong the items would come out in an ugly brown, so this color was reserved for high-end items only. The flower reserves are filled with stunning big hand painted flowers. The sucrier has the puce printed "Spode Felspar Porcelain...

This is a stunning sucrier or lidded sugar box, made by Coalport in circa 1835, which was the Rococo Revival era. It was made in the famous "Adelaide" shape and decorated in a warm a...

This is a very fine slop bowl made by Davenport, circa 1835. The bowl is decorated in beautiful gilt, grey and cream, and little pink roses. Davenport was one of the pioneers of E...

This is a beautiful twin-handled cake plate made by a Staffordshire factory in circa 1835. The plate could have been be made by Samuel Alcock, but we have not been able to clearly id...