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The rims of such bowls have a characteristic notched rim, perhaps used for cooling wine glasses by hanging them upside down from the rim. Why these typically English bowls are known as monteiths is not entirely clear, but seventeenth-century diarist Anthony Wood wrote that they were named in honour of a legendary Scot known as \"Monsieur Monteigh\". This monteith is a nineteenth-century version of the type, and was presented to Colonel Charles Morland (1774-1828), an aide-de-camp to King Georg IV of Britain on his retirement in 1828. Tragically Morland died only two months later.\n\nThe decoration of the piece draws upon the rich heritage of presentation silver in Great Britain, and brings together elements first invented in the seventeenth century, while the scene on the bowl depicts an ancient battle, described as \"Alexander [the Great]'s battle of the Granicus\" when the monteith was sold at auction in 1827.\r\n\r\nSir Arthur and Rosalinde Gilbert began collecting in the 1960s and over a period of 40 years formed one of the world’s great private collections of decorative arts. The collection consists of over 800 objects from the fields of European gold and silver, Italian mosaics and hardstone, portrait enamels and gold boxes. Sir Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996 to be housed at Somerset House, London, having previously been displayed at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). 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By 1824-5 Farrell had established a working relationship with Kensington Lewis who had opened a shop on the corner of Ryder Street at 22 St James's Street by 1822 from which he sold the most extraordinary group of works in silver aptly described as 'monumental and eclectic historicising plate' made in Edward Farrell's workshop. \n\nFarrell's output was profoundly influenced by antique silver and ornamental prints at a time when elaborate earlier silver was passing through the leading London goldsmith retailers, Rundell Bridge and Rundell and the auction houses."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver-gilt","id":"x37998"}],"techniques":[{"text":"raising","id":"AAT237068"},{"text":"casting","id":"AAT53104"},{"text":"embossing","id":"AAT53826"},{"text":"piercing","id":"AAT231153"},{"text":"chasing","id":"AAT54016"},{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"},{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Raised, cast, 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