Four sterling silver items, one circular pieced bowl with a…

Four sterling silver items, one circular pieced bowl with a…
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Four sterling silver items, one circular pieced bowl with a floral design and having a domed circular base with carved edging. By Robert F Mosely. Sheffield. 1926. Diameter: 21.5 cm. Weight: 332.8 grams. One pepper shaker cylindrical in shape with small central finial. By Jones & Crompton Birmingham 1927. Height: 18.0 cm. Weight: 47.9 grams. Two mustard hinged lidded pots both with blue glass receptacles and finial tops. By Jones & Crompton Birmingham 1927 and Robert Drone Ltd Birmingham 1927 combined weight: 96.3 grams. (4)

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  • Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.

    Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins.
  • Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.