Jewellery, 19th/20th Century Design & Ceramics

ARTS & CRAFTS SILVER BOWL - GEORGE LAWRENCE CONNELL a hand beaten bowl with a gilded interior, handles on each side and hoof style feet. With a raised inscription around the centre of the bowl, Regina ER, ER 1601, ER Elizabeth, Dei Gracia Angliae, Frangiae, Et Hiberniae. Marked for Birmingham, 1912, GLC mark. 6 1/2ins (16.5cms) diameter (handle to handle), 2 3/4ins (7cms) high *This appears to be a reference to Elizabeth I and her Golden Speech in 1601, in which she revealed this would be her final Parliament and used it to address her love and respect for her Country, her position and the members themselves.