William Ker Reid
A VICTORIAN SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER, LONDON, 1841
A VICTORIAN SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND COVER, LONDON, 1841
Sterling Silver;
Each piece is individually priced based on provenance, condition and availability.
The tureen is of shaped-oval form on four foliate-capped paper-scroll legs, which end in leaf-pad feet with rococo terminals. The plain bombé body has a gadrooned rim and is flanked by two leaf-capped scroll handles rising from rocaille and acanthus mounts.
The domed cover has a gadrooned band and is applied at each end with bold shell and C-scroll ornament. It is surmounted by a detachable cast floral finial, an artichoke enclosed by curling acanthus leaves.
The tureen is accompanied by an associated Sheffield-plate liner with gadrooned rim and foliate scroll bracket handles. The liner is marked by H. Hewitt and H. Rock.
Provenance
With Alberto Pinto, 1996.
44 cm (17¼ in.) wide over handles
