An impressive George III sterling silver soup tureen, 1810 London, with maker's marks for Benjamin Smith II & James Smith III, rectangular with a cast foliate cornucopia scroll handle, a gadroon border to the domed lid, the base with a cast egg and dart edge, shaped tubular handles with stiff leaf and rosette motifs, raised on lion's paw feet with scrolling mounts, contemporary coat of arms, 'Ventri Secundis' hallmarked to base, lid, silver weight 4360gr height 26 cm, length 41 cm, width 24 cm