c1900 Frank Whiting Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Double Handle Centerpiece Bowl marcasite The ring also features Italian

The ring also features Italian hallmarks AL for the city of Alessandria and

The surface of the bronze itself has a laurel wreath design against a textured finish

The details of the chased decoration are nice and crisp

The gold will shine in direct light

but the high quality of the work suggests a high end

c1900 Frank Whiting Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Double Handle Centerpiece Bowl marcasite The ring also features ItalianPresented is an impressive antique Frank Whiting sterling silver centerpiece bowl, dating to circa 1895 1910. The bowl is made in a lovely classical form, with two C scroll handles and a low round pedestal foot. The wide rim of the bowl is beautifully decorated with flowing, scrolled ribbon type designs, interspersed with floral elements in almost an iris or fleur de lis type of form, very much in the Art Nouveau style of the time to which the piece