A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTREPIECE STAND, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1860

A VICTORIAN SILVER CENTREPIECE STAND, EDWARD BARNARD & SONS, LONDON, 1860 the triform base with openwork scroll leaf feet and three cartouches, two the engraved presentation inscriptions and one monogrammed AC, the openwork stem and bowl support formed of two cast and chased fruit-laden vine branches 38.5cm high, 1424gr (45oz) The inscriptions read: Presented 18th April 1862 by the Independent Congregation and other Friends in Darlington. To Andrew Common on his leaving Darlington to reside in Sunderland.