Regency Sterling Silver Fruit Stand

hallmarked London, 1812-1813, by Benjamin Smith II, the oval frame with shell-and-palmette banding supported by four monopodal sphinxes above a canted navette plinth with leaf-and-dart banding and winged lion's paw feet, the plinth engraved with the arms of Baronet Coote, the glass liner lacking.
h. 5-3/4", l. 10-1/2", w. 8-1/2"; 52.80 t. oz.
h. 5-3/4", l. 11-1/2", w. 8-1/2"; 52.83 t. oz.

Notes: The arms here are those of Sir Charles Henry Coote, 9th Bt. (1794-1864) of Ballyfin, Mountrath. He served as M.P. for Queen's County, Ireland from 1821-1847 and again 1852-1859.

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