Silver bowl

This silver bowl, dated 1886-7, was made in Edinburgh by William Marshall.

The shallow bowl, which sits on a large bell-shaped foot, is decorated with a wide band of alternate round cartouches and panels of flowers.

Domestic silverware was a mark of taste and status. Customers visiting the silver department of any large department store and those who patronized fashionable silversmiths in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee or Aberdeen found a great range of goods.

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Online ID:	000-100-000-987-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.MEQ 855
Date:	1886 - 1887 1886-7
Material:	Silver. Inscription: Crest / VIRTUS IN ACTIONE CONSISTIT; Queen's head [L]; thistle; castle [Edinburgh]; e [gothic]; WM [under] a crown
Dimensions:	220 mm H x 303 mm W x 238 mm Dia (rim0; 115 mm Dia (base)
What:	Bowl
Subject:	Gold and silver (NMAS Classification)
Who:	William Marshall, Edinburgh (Silversmith)
Where:	Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description:	Heavily decorated two-handled silver bowl on a large bell-shaped foot, by William Marshall, Edinburgh, 1886 - 1887, engraved with a crest and motto "Virtus in Actione Consistit"
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