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Bowl
Bowl, silver, supported by three scroll feet each comprising a snake's body terminating in a lion's head that forms a handle, the bowl double curved and shaped into nine lobes round its upper half, an applied rim in the form of alternating squares in relief between simple reeded bands; the sides chased and embossed with flowers and acanthus leaves, engraved on different sides with the arms of Bligh, an earl's coronet and the Cap of Maintenance with the inscription ': Ex dono : / J. B. / 1673.'
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51413
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 19th century
Acquisition
Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13
diam
(cm): 21.9
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 8
Weight
(gr): 572.54
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
embossed
decoration
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver
Location
In store
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