Large Pierced Sterling Centerpiece w/Handle

Product Description – For your consideration is a large nicely decorated STERLING silver Centerpiece bowl with handle.  It is pierced throughout and was likely used as a centerpiece on a table to display fruit, candy or anything decorative.  It is marked STERLING on the underside of the bowl and is quite heavy weighing approx XX oz.  These highly decorated sterling silver centerpieces were generally retailed through the larger Department Stores of the day or direct from the Silver companies located primarily in major East Coast cities.  The bowl measure 11″ to the top of the handle and about 11″ in round.  As always we haven’t polished or fussed with this beautiful bowl but believe it will  “clean up” well with some TLC…

Provenance – Purchased from a small estate in Towson, Maryland.  The estate owners were downsizing and just didn’t need “stuff” anymore!  We enjoyed getting a tour of the house and asking about the many items they didn’t even knew they had.  The Sterling items were received as inheritance from previous generations without any real insight into where they were purchased.

Cost – $400