The Wellby Collection

Bowl

silver, engraved

c. 1745

7.1 cm height

Maker's mark: 'KKO' (struck on the base)

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Place of Creation: Northern Germany

WA2013.1.346

Bowl, silver, on small foot, the sides are engraved with strapwork, scenes of a man and a woman making music, inscribed: 'Friede ernahrt' (umlaut over a; peace nourishes) and a horseman and a man on foot fighting, inscribed: 'unfriede verzahrt' (umlaut over a; conflict consumes). In a cartouche is a coronetted monogram. Pricked within the base: 'G.v.H.'.

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Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.