Sterling Silver Gilt Fruit Dish - Antique George V (1926)

Object Description

An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique George V English sterling silver gilt fruit dish; an addition to our silver dining collection.

This exceptional antique George V sterling silver dish has an oval form onto four elongated hoof style legs.

The body of the dish is encompassed with an applied band of concave fluted ornamentation flanked with bead decoration.

The fluted band is further ornamented with circular floral rosettes, in additional to oval floral designs to each end and urn motifs to either side.

This exceptional dish is supported by four elongated hoof style legs accented with cast and applied ram’s head designs in junction with the body.

This exceptional solid silver fruit dish is further embellished with a tied leaf garland, suspended from the aforementioned anchor points.

The rounded well of this antique fruit dish is plain and unembellished.

The underside of the dish bears the retailer’s mark ‘Fattorini & Sons Ltd, Bradford’.

This exceptional dish retains the original gilding.

Dimensions

Length 26.3cm/10.4″

Width 18.8cm/7.4″

Height 10.6cm/4.2″

Weight

35.6 troy ounces/1108g

Object History

Maker: Manoah Rhodes & Sons Ltd
Date: 1926
Origin: Sheffield, England

Object Literature

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Object Condition

This antique solid silver fruit dish is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.

The original gilding bears some surface marks, in keeping with age.

The cast and applied decoration is all very sharp.

Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the silver dish are all very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver.

Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of these pieces of antique silverware.

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