Burnell and Rowe

Description

This is a charming Pair of Late Victorian Sterling Silver Trinket Dishes. The dishes are heart shaped and stand on three ball feet. The pierced sides are decorated with ribbon swags and heart shapes. There are no initials or personalisation of any kind.

The trinket dishes were made in Birmingham by silversmiths S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd and date to 1894. The firm was originally founded in Bristol by Abraham Solomon Blanckensee in 1826 but very quickly moved to premises in Birmingham and also had a mark registered in Chester. Saul Samuel was briefly a partner but left in 1858 and from the 1880s they were known as S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd until they ceased trading at the end of the 1930s. They made a wide range of silverware of consistently high quality.

Condition is very good, with no dings or dents, no damage to the pierced sections and just the superficial surface wear that you would anticipate after over 130 years of good service. Please make sure to view all the photographs.

Each dish measures 8.9cm / 3.5ins by 7.8cm / 3ins and stands 2.5cm / 0.98ins high. The pair together weigh in at a respectable 40.4g / 1.42oz of solid Sterling Silver.

The hallmarks, on the inside base of one dish and the underside of the base of the other, are nice and clear to read. They show the lion passant for Sterling Silver, the anchor assay mark for Birmingham, the date letter u for 1894 and the S.B & S Ld makers' mark for S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd.

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