Colonial Silver Posy Holders with Engravings and Satin Case
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Two colonial silver posy holders, 19th century, one engraved 'Walsh Bros. Melb' with gadrooned borders engraved with flowers and foliage, the other unmarked smaller posy holder in a satin lined fitted case retailed by Lamb and Roberts, 23 hunter Street, Sydney, the largest 16.5 cm. Provenance: The Ruth Simon collection, 2005
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- Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
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