ANTIQUE SILVER BOWL WILM 12 LOTH FOOTED 10” 1767-1836 RARE 520 G ROYAL CREST

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ANTIQUE PRUSSIAN 12 LOTH (.750) SILVER FOOTED BOWL BY EITHER GOTTFRIED LUDWEWICH WILM (1746-1829) FOUNDER AND RENOWNED SILVERSMITH FOR THE CROWN, OR HIS SON HEINRICH WILHELM LUDWIG WILM (1778-1836) ROYAL JEWELER OF THE CROWN. HEINRICH WAS ALSO THE MAKER OF THE FAMOUS "TABATIERE" SNUFF BOX MADE FOR NAPOLEON THE 1ST  DURING THE OCCUPATION OF PRUSSIA. HE CARRIED ON THE FAMILY BUSINESS UNTIL
HIS DEATH IN 1836,
TURNING IT OVER TO HIS APPRENTICE & NEPHEW, HERMAN JULIUS WILM (1812-1907)
THE BOWL WAS MADE BETWEEN
THE FOUNDING OF THE BUSINESS
IN 1767 AND1836 WHEN HEINRICH WILHELM LUDWIG DIED.
THE HALLMARK ON THE BOWL IS PRE-1836, WE ASSUME THIS BECAUSE THE COMPANY HALLMARK  CHANGED TO H. J. WILM WHEN HERMAN JULIUS WILM TOOK OVER AFTER HIS UNCLES DEATH. THE BOWL HAS A COAT OF ARMS OR FAMILY CREST OF A ROYAL COUNT. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO TO FIND THE NAME OF THE ROYAL COUNT. WE ASSUME IT IS OF A PRUSSIAN ROYAL COUNT, ALTHOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE FOR A ROYAL COUNT FROM A DIFFERENT REGION. THE BOWL IS 10 INCHES ACROSS AND 3 1/4 INCHES HIGH. IT HAS 4 FEET. IT WEIGHS 1LB 2 OZ OR 520 GRAMS. THE CREST ON FRONT CONTAINS 2 EAGLES, 2 LIONS AND A CROWN WITH THE NINE SPIKES OF A COUNT OR COUNTESS ON THE CROWN. IT IS MARKED ON BOTTOM WILM 12 LOTH.  THERE ARE SOME NORMAL PIT SPOTS ON THE BOWL. PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS.  VERY, VERY RARE!
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