Oval on shaped circular base on four bun feet, the base chased with scrolling foliate sprays interspersed with two ram masks and two shields, engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms and on the other with monogram WD, the bowl chased in the centre with two scenes, the grain harvest with Ceres and the grape harvest with a bacchanal, both framed by musical trophies, the rim with mask of Ceres flanked by wheat ears and mask of Bacchic faun flanked by vine tendrils, the handles cast and chased with mask of faun, marked on foot-rim, body and underneath
26³⁄₄ in. (68 cm.) wide over handles
235 oz. 5 dwt. (7,318 gr.)
The arms are those of Denison quartering Conyngham, for William Henry Denison (1864-1917), later 2nd Earl of Londesborough.

Presented to William Henry Forester Denison (1864-1917), later 2nd Earl of Londesborough, by the tenants of his father's Yorkshire estates on the occasion of his 21st birthday at a ceremony held at Londesborough Park on Friday, 13th August 1886, then by descent to,
Hugo William Cecil Denison, 4th Earl of Londesborough (1894-1937), of Blankney Hall, Lincolnshire,
The Trustees of the Right Hon. The Earl of Londesborough deceased, removed from Blankney Hall, Lincolnshire; Christie's, London, 6 March 1946, lot 26 (£70 to George?).

The Yorkshire Post, 'Coming of Age Festivities at Londesborough Park', 11 August 1886, p. 6, col. c.