A MONUMENTAL VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION EWER MARK OF R. & S. GARRARD, LONDON, 1841

On shaped round flaring fixed silver-gilt stand with scroll feet alternating chased fleurs-de-lis at lower border and strapwork-bounded shell knuckles above ovolu band at upper border, the stepped domed base cast with running foliage linking strapwork masks, the baluster lower body with lobes cast with male and female masks, the upper body cast, chased and applied with a strapwork cartouche depicting Britannia before an allegory of the demise of slavery, applied beneath the spout with large mask of Venus, openwork double scroll handle applied with conforming cast decoration, engraved to the handle's left with presentation inscription in a strapwork cartouche surmounted by a female mask and lions' heads in profile, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms and motto NON SIBI SED PATRIAE, marked on upper rim and base
243⁄4 in. (62.9 cm.) high
162 oz. 2 dwt. (5,041 gr.)

Provenance
Presented to James Lewis III (1778 - 1847), by descent to his son,
Philip Lewis (1812 - 1886).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 October 1991, lot 309.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 December 2007, lot 153.