Object Description
A charming antique sterling silver bowl with an applied wire rim and raised on a spreading foot. Good size. Very plain styling and excellent original colour. To one side there is a hand engraved crest of a boar and thistle. Underneath the bowl there is a scratch weight and owners initials “MF”.
Weight 281 grams, 9 troy ounces.
Height 8 cm. Diameter 16.8 cm.
London 1722.
Maker Joseph Clare I.
JOSEPH CLARE
Joseph Clare, apprenticed to Nathaniel Locke 1702., free 1712. 1st mark entered as largeworker 1713. 2nd (sterling mark) 1720. 3rd mark 1721. Died 1728.