Tag: Edward Barnard and Sons

Silver swans to adorn your dinner table. Various times.

Pair of sterling silver swan baskets, each designed as a seated swan with the interior enhanced with a gilt finish. Nardi, maker. Maker’s marks: signed “Nardi”. Image © Christie’s 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-a-pair-of-sterling-silver-swan-baskets-4101537/?from=salesummary&intObjectID=4101537&lid=1
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Sterling silver ornamental swan salt with spoon, the silver swan engraved with hinged wings that enclose a crystal reservoir for salt. Has a small sterling silver serving spoon. Antique. Image © 2021 Bloomsbury LLC Fine Art & Antiques. Fair use license. via https://bloomsburypdx.com/products/antique-ornamental-swan
Silver gilt swan table ornament sitting on a later lapis lazuli base. 1850. Victorian. Made in London, England by Edward, John and William Barnard. Image © COPYRIGHT 2021 DREWEATTS 1759 LTD. Fair use license. via https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/8000/drewea1-10262/lot-details/4e25bfa4-05f7-4037-a610-adcc01219fef

Sterling silver bowls, all of them on the big end of things. British. Edward Barnard and Sons, maker. Not around anymore but they created the the Lily font that was commissioned by Queen Victoria for the christening of her first born in 1840 that has been used by the royal family ever since.

Lily font. Christening font with a bowl in the form of an expanded flower with a border of water-lilies and leaves; stem formed of leaves, flanked at the base by three seated cherubs playing lyres upon a circular plinth with coats of arms and supporters.1840-1841. English. Silver-gilt. Commissioned by Queen Victoria. Image © Royal Collection Trust. Fair use license. via https://www.rct.uk/collection/31741/the-lily-font
Two-handled bowl with cylindrical ivory handles, the rim with applied notched border. 1937. Art Deco. English. Silver. Retail stamp for Harrods. Sold by Bonham’s on 2018. Image .© Purely Silver 2006 – 2020. Fair use license. via https://purelysilver.info/edward-barnard-sons/
Bowl with decorations applied by a very precise hand. 1873. English. Silver. Provided with a multitude of hallmarks. Image © 2021 Catawiki. Fair use license. via https://www.catawiki.com/l/19139955-silver-bowl-barnard-sons-ltd-london-1873