An impressive Victorian sterling silver lidded centrepiece, Robert Hennell, London, circa 1863, and Frederick Elkington, London, circa 1872, the shallow ovoid body above a slender stem with turned collars, raised on a spreading foot, the cover of later manufacture gently domed, rising to a finial cast in the form of a standing horse and foal, the whole decorated with embossed foliate roundels on a stippled ground, 2,950 gms total weight of silver, 42 cm high. Provenance: Antiques and collector's items with jewellery and silver, Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers, Liverpool, 7 February 2018, lot 498. Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above.