Description
Maker: William Fearn, London 1811, the egg-shaped bowl attached to a graduated terminal, depicting the finely engraved armorial crest of the Oates Family of Gestingthorpe (Mass: 97g) (Length: 27.5cm) 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








