SOUTH AFRICA HISTORY - A VICTORIAN PRESENTATION SILVER BEAKE...

SOUTH AFRICA HISTORY - A VICTORIAN PRESENTATION SILVER BEAKER VASE. flared form on circular foot, embossed with C scroll panels flowers and leaves, engraved inscription: "presented by J.S.Prince M.L.A to Mr. Powrie of Mossel Bay for the best 25th of Colonial Leaf Tabacco exhibited at the Western Province Agricultural Exhibition held at Swellendam 1864" by Barnards hallmarked London 1863, 11.5 cm high, maximum diameter 9cm maximum, 156 grams (5ozt) * J.S. Prince was a member of a legislative Assembly in the Cape Colony in the 1860's. the Prince family had substantial shipping, mercantile and property interests across Cape Colony and London. the prominent firm Prince, Vintcent & Co. operated out of Mossel Bay Joseph Powrie is recorded as a merchant and printer.

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