A Set of Four William Bennet Silver Double Vegetable Servers, London, 1808. Marks: (lion passant), (crowned leopard's head),... (Total: 4 )

Description

A Set of Four William Bennet Silver Double Vegetable Servers, London, 1808
Marks: (lion passant), (crowned leopard's head), (duty mark), N, WB
4-3/4 x 11-5/8 x 8-1/4 inches (12.1 x 29.5 x 21.0 cm) (each)
6452 grams (207.44 troy ounces)


PROVENANCE:
Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Alan P. Mintz, Glencoe, Illinois.

The matching set of rectangular covered dishes, cover with ovolo trim to edges and foliate handles, and engraved to cover with the Wyatt-Edgell family coat of arms above the motto HONESTA BONA (Wealth honourably got), and with the two Wyatt-Edgell crests to body.



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