Sebastian Garrard bowl. Circular bowl on four cast legs, pierced leaf décor and lion’s heads with rings on two sides. It is 7.5 inches wide and 3.5 inches tall, its weight 25 oz. Interestingly, it seems the leaves were hand pierced (as seen in one of the photos), quite unusual for the age of production. Under high magnification there are uneven traces of silversmith’s saw, not consistent with any machine stamping tool. Fully hallmarked London, date letter for 1919 and ‘’SG’’. At the bottom: ``Garrard & Co. Ltd. Albemarle St. London W’’. Lion passant mark is stamped on both rings. The name Garrard & Company Ltd was registered in 1909 and the company moved to Albemarle Street in London in 1911.
Questions:
1. Why ``SG`` if ``Garrard & Co. Ltd`` has already been registered? Sebastian Henry Garrard was a senior partner; were other partners i.e. Henry C. Pearson, Henry J. Bell and Maurice Whippy Garrard only BUSINESS PARTNERS? Is there silver marked by the partners, at least by Maurice G. who belonged to the family?
2. There are many pieces clearly machine made. Pierced foliage décor in this one is hand made; have you seen Garrard silver at least partially hand made in 20th century?
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