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: National Museums Scotland
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• 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
  Bowl
  
• 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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