A George III sterling silver soup tureen, Benjamin Smith II and Benjamin Smith III, London, 1817 the body with cast and applied floral swags, raised on four scrolling shell form feet, having two scrolling handles emanating from acanthus, the domed cover with an applied cast border of shells, grapes, surmounted by a floriform handle 5000gms, 23 cm high, 38.5 cm wide, 27 cm deep