Antique English Victorian Silver Plate Figural Polar Bear Ice Bowl or Bucket

Description

A fine antique figural Victorian ice bucket or server.

In silver plate.

Attributed to Henry Wilkinson or Elkington.

The rim … more A fine antique figural Victorian ice bucket or server.

In silver plate.

Attributed to Henry Wilkinson or Elkington.

The rim with pendant icicles around the circumference, the bowl engraved with a peacock over crown crest (we believe for the Harcourt family - Aubrey, Esquire, of Nuneham Park, Abingdon, and Stanton Harcourt, Eynsham, both Oxfordshire)

The base stamped 6174.

Simply a wonderful Victorian bar accessory!

Date:
Late 19th Century

Overall Condition:
It is in overall fair, as-pictured, used estate condition.

Condition Details:
There is what appears to be a replaced screw to the underside of one of the polar bears, and the other polar bear has a slight wiggle at its joints. There is pitting and some plating loss to the base of the bowl. It lacks its original pierced liner. Otherwise, there is some light edge wear, some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.

Engraved:
With an engraved crest of a peacock over crown.

Maker:
Attributed to Henry Wilkington or Elkington.

Marks:
Marked 6174 to the base.

Fineness:
Unmarked for gold fineness.

Measurements:
Height: ca. 5 1/8 in.
Diameter: ca. 6 1/4 in.

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