the larger example with mark of Williams (Birmingham) Ltd., Birmingham 1906, of traditional form with turned rims, the pierced and concave sides decorated with foliage, scrolls, a fox and a swan around a vacant abstract cartouche, maximum diameter 20cm, minimum diameter 18cm, 10cm high; the smaller example with mark of George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester 1899, similarly decorated around an engraved abstract cartouche, maximum diameter, 14.5cm, minimum diameter 11.5cm, 7.5cm high, presented with a fitted blue glass liner, 19.3ozt gross weighable silver (2)

Provenance:
Ballykeel House, Hillsborough, Northern Ireland