Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Drawings & Prints Grand plat circulaire in verre

Grand plat circulaire in verre pressé moulé et patiné

Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617)

The vessel having twin gilt bronze handles cast as fruiting grape vines and the urn is raised on a turned pedestal foot with a variegated dark green marble base

one could even use it as a bench seat

4" tall X 3" wide X 0

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Drawings & Prints Grand plat circulaire in verreA 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