VICTORIAN SILVER WALL CHARGERS
I.Franks is pleased to offer a fine range of antique sterling silver Wall Chargers from the Victorian period. All of our antique, Victorian silver Wall Chargers can be purchased online, or from our shop in the London Silver Vaults and come with a certificate of authenticity, guaranteed by our membership of LAPADA. Please click on an image of any of the Victorian Wall Chargers to see a larger picture.
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L7418 : Silver Plate Wall Charger
Made Circa 1877
Made in Birmingham in 1877 by Elkington & Co. and designed by Lionard Morel-Ladeiul (1820-1888) in 1876 for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, this Victorian electroplated and partial gilt plaque is titled 'The Pompeian Lady'. The wall charger is of circular form depicting a lady reclining on a couch attended by three handmaidens with a garden beyond all within elaborately decorated and gilt heightened borders. This impressive charger measures 20"(51cm) in diameter.
The charger is signed and dated Morel-Ladeuil inv.e.fecit 1876 to the front, with the reverse marked with a registration lozenge and a further Elkington mark, and inscribed 'REGISTRIRT IN DEN OESTERREICHISCHEN KAISERSTATEN, ZAHL 10 297, REGISTRIRT IM DEUTSCHEN REICH NO.27, BD.I.BL 114, and DEPOSE EN FRANCE DESIGN COPYRIGHTED IN THE UNITED STATES NOV IX, 76.
Versions of this plaque also form part of the collections of The National Museum of Scotland, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Carnegie Museum of Art, and The New Orleans Museum of Art.
£1,975
j5636 : Sterling Silver Warwick Charger
Hallmarked In 1877
Hallmarked in London in 1877 by Walter & John Barnard, this incredible, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Wall Charger, is a rare to find example of the 'Warwick Charger', which matches the design of the famous 'Warwick Vase' found in 1771 at Hadrians Villa in Tripoli. The wall charger is richly decorated with Bacchic ornament in the traditional Roman style. The wall charger measures 25"(64cm) in diameter, and weighs an impressive 208.3 troy ounces.
£49,975