Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Sold 7" long X 4

7" long X 4

and the use of colors by Paul Cézanne

circa 1860

many of these vessels are reassembled from fragments

Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Engraved Vinaigrette Birmingham Gervase Wheeler Sold 7" long X 4A 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