Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Sculpture 12" tall X 9" wide

12" tall X 9" wide

The base with corresponding brass legs to the front & rear

Erwin in 1842

and his mother was Adelaide Geneviève Valla

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Sculpture 12" tall X 9" wideA fine antique sterling silver gilt early 19th century Vinaigrette, Birmingham, by Gervase Wheeler, 1839. This beautiful vinaigrette having fine engine turned decoration on all sides, with a shield shaped cartouche to the lid and an engraved floral clasp to the front. The silver gilt interior having a pierced and engraved hinged cover which would have received a sponge with aromatic scent to smell, rather than the foul smell of the city! Both the