Description:

AN EARLY VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER AND SILVER PLATE CHAFING DISH, APPARENTLY WITH ROYAL PROVENANCE
The cover by Robert Garrard II, London, 1844, the probably-associated silver plate base of similar period

Of lobed circular outline, the cover with a finial of a crown on a cushion, the base with a pair of handles and standing on four foliate scrolling feet, a mount for a burner to its interior, the cover engraved to one side with the combined coats of arms of Edward and Victoria, Duke and Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (Queen Victoria's parents) and to the opposing side with a monogram V beneath a crown (lacking interior dish and fittings)
Overall 24cm high, 34cm wide, across the handles (the cover alone 15.5cm high, 24cm diameter), the cover 954g

PROVENANCE:
Apparently, Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Strathearn (1786–1861)

OTHER NOTES:
In addition to the combined coat of arms, the particular form of the crown finial, with a thistle to its top, also appears to be associated with Edward and Victoria, Duke and Duchess of Kent and Strathearn. Given the date of the cover and that the Duke died in 1820, any connection must be to the Duchess alone, as is perhaps indicated by the V monogram.

While of matching outline, it is presumed the cover and base are associated; it seems unlikely that a cover by a leading maker and apparently with elevated provenance would have been accompanied by a silver plate base. In any event the cover and base do not fit neatly together, lacking the intermediary part, an internal dish, that would unite them.

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