Medium
silver, wood
Measurements
22.9 × 21.9 × 12.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1932
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
engraved (vertically) in base c.: 30 .. 2
punched in base c.: (lion passant) / I (circle) S (all in a dotted oval)
punched (diagonally) in base c.: d
punched (inverted) (diagonally) in base c.: (crowned leopard's head)
engraved (vertically) in base c.l.: The Gift of / Peter Bonamy, Son of Hellier, / to his Grandson / Samuel Dobree, Son of Peter, / at his Christening in 1759, / and by him to his grandson / Bonamy Dobree, Son of Bonamy, / at his birth, 22 August, 1818.
Accession Number
3299-D3
Department
International Decorative Arts
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