Company Treasures
Browse the extensive collection of Shipwrights' treasures collected over the years.
Browse the extensive collection of Shipwrights' treasures collected over the years.
Chased Bacchanalian scene and vines, lid chased with vines and surmounted by a cherub. Lid, handle and base, and inside, gilt.
Inscribed on bottom:
Executed by
Elkington Mason & Co.
surrounded by:
from the original in ivory
in the possession of Henry C.G. Bedford Esq.
scratch mark: F135
and on a silver plate made by Henry Hudson Plante,London, 1930, attached to an ebonised stand:
PRESENTED TO
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SHIPWRIGHTS
BY
MARGARET MONTGOMERY VISCOUNTESS PIRRIE
PRESIDENT OF HARLAND & WOLFF LTD.
IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND
THE RIGHT HONBLE. VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P.,LL.D.,D.L.
MASTER 1909
Viscount Pirrie was Master 1909-1910.
Silver decorated flagon with hinged cover. Weight: 52 ozs. Height: 11.1/2 ins. Made by Elkington & Co., Birmingham, 1858.
(053/1909)
