Description
Maker: George William Adams (Chawner and Co), London 1877, each concave bowl extending towards a graduated handle, bearing a finely engraved armorial crest of the Oates Family of Gestingthorpe (Length: 17.5cm each) (Mass: 122g) Provenance: From the private collection of the Antarctic Explorer Captain Lawrence Edward Oates’ father -William Edward Oates (1841 – 1896) of Gestingthorpe Hall, Gestingthorpe, Essex, a wealthy landowner and Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, thence by descent to the present owner
