Circular with broad border chased in the Arts and Crafts style with scroll roses, the central roundel with three standing female figures, engraved to verso 'Omar Ramsden et Alwyn Carr Me Fecerunt MCMXII' and 'Exhibited Royal Academy 1912 - Paris Salon 1913', marked on rim, with later Asprey leather presentation case.
21¹⁄₂ in. (54.5 cm.) diameter
107 oz. 14 dwt. (3,352 gr.)

Given to H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938) and his bride Lady Alexandra Duff a wedding gift in 1913 from the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 5 May 1995, lot 17 (as 1910).

Anonymous, The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, MDCCCCXII, London, 1912, p. 58, no. 1854.
Anonymous, 'The Merchant Taylors' Company's Present', The Morning Post, 10 October 1913, p. 7, col. c.
Various, Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, architecture, gravure et lithographie des artistes vivants exposés au Grand palais des Champs- Elysées, Paris, 1913, p. 496, no. 5216.
Anonymous, The Architectural Review, 1913, p, xxii.
Exposition d'Art Décoratif de Grand-Bretagne et d'Irlande, Paris, 1914, p.101, no. 730.

London, The Royal Academy, The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, MDCCCCXII, no. 1854, 'Spring - Rosewater dish, beaten silver'.
Paris, The Grand Palais, Exposition Annuelle de Beaux-Artes, Salon de 1913, no. 5216.
Paris, The Louvre, Pavilion de Marsan, Exposition d'Art Décoratif de Grand-Bretagne et d'Irlande, April - October 1914, no. 730

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