George III Large Silver Twin Handled Sugar Bowl / Bonbon Basket 1798 Georgian

A very fine late 18th century large silver twin handled bowl of navette shape, smooth to the lower half, and with ornately shaped fluting above. Reeded detail to the rim and elegant square topped handles with cast reeded detail to the upper half ending with a small spur half way down and kicked out tail. Original bright cut engraved decoration, very finely executed with a double garland of laurel leaves running below the rim across the convex fluting and a band of sinuous curves running along the bottom of these sections and also just above the foot. The tightly concave channels running vertically between the flutes are engraved with a stylised seaweed effect and there are vacant laurel wreath cartouches engraved to each side. The inside is gilded.

Hallmarked for London 1798. I cannot find any maker's initials; there isn't space for them alongside the other hallmarks so I don't think they have been rubbed, more likely either missed off or obscured amongst the patterns elsewhere.

It measures 20.7cm (8 1/8") wide across the handles, 9.8cm (3 7/8") side to side and 9.2cm (3 5/8") high to the centre of the rim (13cm (5 1/8") high to the handles). It has a capacity of 750ml / 1 1/4 pints. A very good gauge of silver, it weighs 295g / 9.5ozt.

In excellent condition with no damage, dents or repairs and very minor handling wear. The laurel wreath on one side is very slightly rubbed but all the rest of the decoration and marks are crisp.

Payment is accepted by bank transfer, card payments (via an online invoice, I'm afraid we cannot take payments over the telephone), Paypal and UK personal cheque. If you prefer to pay card payments by Stripe rather than Paypal, please go to our website where we offer that option and additionally options to "Pay in 30 days" and to pay in 3 instalments, all securely supported by Klarna.

Price includes UK postage. We ship worldwide for a small cost, please ask for details.

We wish to ensure all our customers are happy with their purchases and offer a full no quibble return policy for all items returned within 14 days. We ask that returns are notified within 7 days where possible. Return postage is the buyer's responsibility in terms of cost and safeguarding the item in transit.

In the unlikely event any damage has occurred during shipping please advise as soon as possible and within 2 days of receipt at the latest. If you cannot inspect the item within those 2 days please just let us know.

Follow us on Instagram @thefancyfox_antiques