Roberts & Belk 1867 Sterling Silver Centerpiece Basket Bowl in Victorian Style

Roberts & Belk sterling silver centerpiece basket from 1867 in Victorian style with finelly engraved mythological frieze around the rim with a beaded handle, measuring 12 1/2'' in length by 9'' in width by 3 1/2'' in height (11'' total with the lifted handle). It weighs 28.3 ozt and bears hallmarks as shown. Roberts & Belk was a firm of English silversmiths, based in the city of Sheffield since 1810. In 1907, Queen Alexandra of Denmark, wife of the English monarch Edward VII, commissioned the firm to create a porridge bowl, which now belongs to the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The firm was sold to C.J. Vander in 1961. Please feel free to e-mail us with any questions, and please see our other listings. We hand polish all items before shipping them out, but if there is interest for a professional polishing and/or engraving removal, we can take care of that for an additional charge and with delayed shipping.

Date / Era

1867

Category

Miscellaneous Rarities

Reference

405866

Material

Sterling silver