A Victorian Silver Punch-Bowl, by Walker and Hall, Sheffield, 1897,...
A Victorian Silver Punch-Bowl, by Walker and Hall, Sheffield, 1897, tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot, the shaped rim with cast and chased border of putto and female figures in a watery landscape, engraved with an inscription, with ebonised wood plinth, 35cm diam., 43cm high including plinth, 64oz 13dwt
The inscription reads 'Presented to Thomas Brassey Maddocks by tenants and friends on his Coming of Age 3rd Sept 1895'.
Thomas Brassey Maddocks (1874-1901) was the son of Thomas Maddocks of Woodlands-in-Wem, Shropshire (b.1846) and his wife Mary Crawley, who he married in 1873. The younger Thomas was born on 3 September 1874 and educated at Shrewsbury School before joining first the Somersetshire Light Infantry and later the Shropshire Light Infantry, becoming Lieutenant in October 1898. He travelled with his regiment to South Africa and was killed there during the re-occupation of Potchefstroom on 10 September 1900.
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A Victorian Silver Punch-Bowl, by Walker and Hall, Sheffield, 1897, tapering cylindrical and on spreading foot, the shaped rim with cast and chased border of putto and female figures in a watery landscape, engraved with an inscription, with ebonised wood plinth, 35cm diam., 43cm high including plinth, 64oz 13dwt
The inscription reads 'Presented to Thomas Brassey Maddocks by tenants and friends on his Coming of Age 3rd Sept 1895'.
Thomas Brassey Maddocks (1874-1901) was the son of Thomas Maddocks of Woodlands-in-Wem, Shropshire (b.1846) and his wife Mary Crawley, who he married in 1873. The younger Thomas was born on 3 September 1874 and educated at Shrewsbury School before joining first the Somersetshire Light Infantry and later the Shropshire Light Infantry, becoming Lieutenant in October 1898. He travelled with his regiment to South Africa and was killed there during the re-occupation of Potchefstroom on 10 September 1900.
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