Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Birmingham William Simpson, 1826 Recently Added the East Berlin-based painter Otto

the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel became his mentor and taught him first craft skills and painting techniques

all finely inlaid with marquetry

The vases are marked to the underside with a raised tributary Qianlong seal mark

it had been in the same family of a British Officer who was present at the destruction of the palace

Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Birmingham William Simpson, 1826 Recently Added the East Berlin-based painter OttoA good antique Georgian engraved silver gilt Vinaigrette by William Simpson, Birmingham, 1826. The vinaigrette having an engraved engine turned hinged lid with a floral border, the gilt interior having a pierced and reticulated hinged lid, with foliate engraved decoration. The base would have received a sponge that was soaked in aromatic oils that one could place under the nose to counteract the foul smells of late Georgian England. The edge if the