Lord Foley Punch Bowl & Goblets Suite

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Punch Bowl and Goblets - Grape & Vine with rising Acanthus Leaves - London 1899 by Elkington & Co. Ltd. - Bowl: 310mm diameter; 200mm high; 7000ml volume; 3040g weight. Goblets: 135mm diameter; 208mm high; 1250ml volume; 1440g weight - Ref. No.: CC/9485

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We are offering for sale a truly magnificent suite of late Victorian silver comprising a huge punch bowl and 2 enormous toasting goblets.

 

Each piece was made by Elkington & Company and is of the very highest quality. All three pieces are decorated in a matching style with an applied, wide grape and vine band around the tops and applied acanthus leaves rising up from the round bases. The interiors are sumptuously gilded and every piece has a terrific heavy feel - the punch bowl alone weighs just shy of 100oz and the goblets are 23 oz each!

 

The punch bowl is over 12" wide and can hold 7 litres (1.5 gallons!!) of drink. The goblets are perfect for toasting at the top table and then being passed around in either direction - holding over 2 pints each, they are big enough to not require re-filling! Ideal for a wedding reception or large banquet.

 

Superb condition throughout with zero issues to note.

 

These pieces just exude the very highest quality. This an outstanding set worthy of the most magnificent setting. 

 

The suite was presented to Lord Foley and his bride as a wedding gift in 1899. Each piece bears a badge of the Foley family coat-of-arms supported by two lions and with the motto "Ut Prosim" (translates "That I May Serve"). The presentation inscription to the bowl reads "Presented with two silver goblets to the Right Honourable Henry Thomas, Lord Foley. By the vicar and parishioners of Claygate, Surrey on the occasion of his marriage with Miss Evelyne Vaughan Radford. 25th October 1899".

 

Henry Thomas Foley was the 5th Baron Foley and was a British peer. He was born in 1850 and died in 1905. Lord Foley lived at Ruxley Towers in Claygate Surrey.