Bateman Sterling Silver George III Footed Tray 1800

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ELEGANT 1800 GEORGE III ENGLISH STERLING SILVER OVAL TRAY; HAND CHASED STYLIZED LEAF AND RIPPLE DECORATION; TURNED SCROLL FEET; UNIQUE CRESCENT MOON COAT OF ARMS; FROM THE LEGENDARY FIRM OF PETER, ANNE AND WILLIAM BATEMAN, THE VERY FIRST YEAR OF THEIR PARTNERSHIP; SHOWN WITH RELATED STERLING WARES, LISTED SHORTLY This is an elegant, meticulously hand crafted English sterling silver oval, footed tray. Date marked 1800. From the Bateman's, considered by most to be British silver crafting "royalty". Shown with handsome 1821 George III sterling coffee pot, and American Georgian form sugar castor, listed next. The tray in oval form. Thick, skillfully banded rim. Softly curved wall to recessed oval centre. Unique band of stylized leaf, upon rippling base decoration. Rich hand chased detail. Bright cut stitch borders throughout. Centre with large leaf framed circular medallion. Most unique crescent moon upon reeded base coat of arms. Supported upon regal turned scroll feet. Tray is 6 3/4 inches long and 5 inches wide, weighs 5 3/4 ounces. Excellent condition. Rich, glowing sterling patina. Mild creased to wall w one foot attached. Not at all distracting, and tray perfectly firm on table. Unusually well struck marks as shown. Date mark 1800 is the very first year of this particular Bateman partnership, giving the tray even more appeal to the advanced collector. Enjoy...remainder of the collection listed next. Coming soon, more fine turn of the century sterling from Graff, Washbourne & Dunn, two, circa 1855 Tiffany salver, gorgeous feet. Several large sterling trays from Gorham and other American makers. A superb Black Starr & Frost sterling tea set. A beautifully crafted seven piece Dutch miniature sterling Rococo suite, with 1899 English marks. And, more Georgian sterling, including salts, mustard pots, several coffee pots, including a superb Scottish example. And, Chinese export and Meiji sterling, cigarette cases, match box; dragon cocktail shaker and beakers, teapot, with coilded cobra to spout, set of animal form menu holders, footed tray, reticulated dragon basket, salts and salt and pepper sets in parasol, zori, and garden lantern forms. And, an extremely rare form c1890 Wang Hing palaquin ink well. And a collection of late 19th century miniatures. Please feel free to inquire directly about this, or any item we've listed. Whether the item is alone or part of a set. We very much welcome your interest. We are collectors first. As such, we are quite easy to work with. We happily combine items when shipping, saving you costs. We ship twice weekly, usually US Postal Priority. Fully insured for domestic packages, and air parcel overseas. We charge a bit more than actual cost for boxes, shipping materials and to pay our shipper. We make great effort to accurately describe each item listed. Returns are accepted, without question. If either condition, country of origin or dating is significantly incorrect. In such cases we refund your shipping costs as well. Like you, we are only human, and make mistakes. Hopefully, not too many. Remember, the items you see are antiques. Hence, have an expected amount of wear from normal use. As such, returning an item because we failed to mention the tiniest bit of wear, or barely discernible flaw is not acceptable. Nor do we accept returns based on buyer's remorse. Nor change of taste, or because a buyer did not realize how "small" four inches might be once in hand. We have over 1800 feedbacks. And, are quite proud of our 99.7% rating. We received favorable notice in the March 12th New York Times. Page 8, Business Section, in a well written article on silver collecting. Copy furnished upon request. Enjoy....and good fortune in your bidding. read more

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