Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Redo 5" tall X 19" diameter

5" tall X 19" diameter

The coaster having a flared & ribbed rim with baronial a engraved crest to the front of a snake within a laurel wreath

1990: 10 Visual Arts Award

the front of the coffer with four deeply carved panels and an engraved brass escutcheon/lock plate above and the carved initials "C M"

Clear round glass the elevated rim decorated with interspersed grapes which surrounds a central design of three bacchante type nude women figures also called '' Coupe trois figurines et raisins''

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Redo 5" tall X 19" diameterA fine antique sterling silver gilt early 19th century Vinaigrette, Birmingham, by Gervase Wheeler, 1839. This beautiful vinaigrette having fine engine turned decoration on all sides, with a shield shaped cartouche to the lid and an engraved floral clasp to the front. The silver gilt interior having a pierced and engraved hinged cover which would have received a sponge with aromatic scent to smell, rather than the foul smell of the city! Both the