Lot 196

A Victorian silver gilt dessert service







Auction: 20 July 2016 at 11:00 BST
£3,375
Description
Martin and Hall, London 1878, comprising four tall comports, a pair of oval dishes with ball feet; all with scalloped edges, fruit and floral decoration, raised on a knopped column, spreading foot decorated with foliage fruit and leaves, all in a fitted case, each piece engraved crest and motto; together with a set of four similar associated gilt metal oval dishes (10)
Dimensions
Comports height: 15cm, dishes width: 32cm, weighable silver: 131oz
Footnote
Note: The motto VIRTUITIS GLORIA MERCES - Glory is the reward of valour for the Clan Robertson






