A Large Reed & Barton Silver Center Bowl with Poppy Motif, Taunton, Massachusetts, circa 1900
Marks: (eagle-R-lion), STERLING, 500 A
8-1/2 h x 18 w x 12-5/8 d inches (21.6 x 45.7 x 32.1 cm)
93.88 troy ounces (excluding liner)


PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SOUTHERN COLLECTION

The oblong center bowl in the Art Nouveau aesthetic having wavy outswept rim adorned with molded scroll, foliate, and poppy decoration, body with conforming decoration in relief, cartouches engraved LLB, interior fitted with silver-plated liner, bottom raised on figured domed base terminating on four scrolled feet.

Note: This bowl's aesthetics mimics other Reed and Barton patterns designed during the same era including Intaglio (1905) and Les Six Fleurs (1901).