£2,750
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 593
Auction: 1 April 2020 at 11:00 BST
chased and engraved with stylised foliage and fleur-de-lis, raised on a knopped stem with chased rosette roundels, shaped foot, stamped maker's marks and hallmarks for Birmingham 1857
Literature: Atterbury, Paul & Wainwright, Clive (edits.), Pugin: A Gothic Passion, New Haven and London 1994, p.104, pl.356 and p. 247 pl. 457 where this example is illustrated.
Note: The present lot is similar to a ciborium procured by Bishop Robert William Willson from Hardmans through his friend A.W.N. Pugin. The purchase was part of a large consignment of church furnishings bought by Willson circa 1842 for his appointment to the new see of Hobart Town, Tasmania where, he was informed, "there was not a single thing for the use of a bishop".