Silberne Zuckerschale und Rahmgießer, Viners Ltd, Edward Viner, Sheffield, England, 1933
Silver sugar bowl and cream jug, Viners Ltd, Edward Viner, Sheffield, England, 1933
Sterling Silber; Gesamtgewicht: ca. 450 g; Konvolut bestehend aus: 1) Rahmgießer auf ovalem Stand mit gebauchter Wandung, leicht eingezogenem Hals und geschweiftem Rand mit breitem Ausguss und Volutenhenkel; seitlich an der Wandung gestempelt mit Lion Passant, Stadtmarke, Herstellerpunze und Jahresbuchstaben, unterseitig nummeriert; Höhe: ca. 9,2 cm. 2) Zuckerschale mit gebauchter Wandung, beiderseitigen Volutenhenkeln auf ovalem Stand; seitlich an der Wandung gestempelt mit Lion Passant, Stadtmarke, Herstellerpunze und Jahresbuchstaben, unterseitig nummeriert; Höhe: ca. 7,8 cm. Altersbedingte Gebrauchsspuren.
Sterling silver; total weight: approx. 450 g; assortment consisting of: 1) Cream jug on an oval base with bulbous wall, slightly tapered neck and shaped rim with wide spout and volute handle; stamped on the side of the wall with lion passant, city mark, maker’s mark and date letter, numbered on the underside; height: approx. 9.2 cm. 2) Sugar bowl with bulbous wall and volute handles on both sides on an oval base; stamped on the side of the wall with lion passant, city mark, maker’s mark and date letter, numbered on the underside; height: approx. 7.8 cm. Age-related signs of wear.
Sterling silver; weight: approx. 355 g; sugar caster with pear-shaped body and encircling moulded band, removable lid with Moorish-style pierced decoration, bayonet fitting and mushroom-shaped finial, standing on a round, domed and stepped base; age-related signs of wear; lid and body stamped with lion passant, town mark, date letter and maker’s mark; height: approx. 20.7 cm.
Silver alloy; weight: approx. 70 g; goblet standing on three hollow ball feet with straight-sided body and encircling relief fruit and floral decoration arranged in six adjacent oval reserves; remains of gilding; several dents of up to approx. 7 mm in length, age-related signs of wear; upper rim stamped with an unidentified and struck mark and bearing a tremble line; height: approx. 8.4 cm.
Silver alloy; total weight: approx. 84 g; lidded beaker with slightly conical body on three ball feet, with removable lid and ball finial; encircling relief floral decoration; four reserves on the lid wall featuring different male relief portraits; remains of gilding; finial slightly dented on one side; age-related signs of wear; underside stamped with two unidentified marks; height: approx. 11.1 cm.
Silver alloy; weight: approx. 408 g; helmet jug on a round, moulded base with nodus, pear-shaped body with curved gadrooned wall, broad spout and high-set volute handle; centrally engraved monogram “MS” with crown to the front; stamped to the upper rim with Augsburg town mark (pine cone and letter R) and an unidentified maker’s mark; age-related signs of wear and oxidation residues; height: approx. 22.5 cm.