ANTIQUE IRISH STERLING SILVER SOUP TUREEN ON STAND w/ LADLE

by "R.W"   c.1775

(probably Richard Williams)

10" High overall ; Tureen 8 1/2" ; Stand 1 1/2"

Tureen 13 1/2" Long over Handles ;  Stand 12" Long, 9 /2" Wide ; Ladle 9 3/4" Long

STUNNING SOUP TUREEN ON STAND WITH ONSLOW PATTERN LADLE.  THE TUEEN BODY HAVING GADROON FOOT AND RIM AND CAST, REEDED HANDLES; THE LID HAVING GADROON EDGE WITH AN ELABORATE CAST APPLIED "POMEGRANATE" FINIAL; THE STAND WITH A GADROON EDGE; BOTH BEARING THE CONTEMPORARY SCRIPT INITIALS "HC" IN A CARTOUCHE.

MARKED TWICE ON THE TUREEN BASE; ONCE ON THE STAND BASE; AND TWICE ON THE LADLE "R.W"

see IRISH GEORGIN SILVER by Douglas Bennett Cassell & Company Ltd.  p.275