A pair of Victorian silver two-handled soup tureens and covers

A pair of Victorian silver two-handled soup tureens and covers,

by the Barnards, London 1854, retailed by C. Taylor and Son, Bristol,

circular bellied form, leaf capped fluted side handles, gadroon and shell borders, engraved with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling, the domed pull-off covers with a finial of a lion holding an axe, on a raised circular foot, height 32.5cm, length handle to handle 37cm, approx. weight 187oz. (2)