Oval with lift-off cover, the stepped cover engraved with a coat-of-arms in a baroque strapwork and fish scale cartouche, engraved to the underside with a presentation inscription, marked to side near rim and underside of cover with maker's mark and lion's head erased
3⁷⁄₈ in. (10 cm.) long

Thomas Ewer, to his son;
Philemon Ewer, to his son;
Thomas Ewer, to his son;
John Ewer.
Acquired S. J. Philips Ltd., London, 1985.

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The arms are those of Ewer of Burlesdon, Hampshire, a well known family of master shipbuilders, many of whom bore the first names of Thomas and Philemon. A memorial to Philemon Ewer (1702-1750) can be found in St. Leonards Church, Burlesdon.