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Silver from the Collection of Jimmy Weldon
29 AN EDWARDIAN PIERCED QUATREFOIL FRUIT DISH IN THE ROCOCO REVIVAL TASTE,Sheffield 1903, mark of James Dixon and Sons Ltd., the pierced leafy body with wavy out turned rim of alternating cast
flower heads and scrolls, to a plain oval centre, and raised on a conforming stand of four pierced and cast scroll legs termi-
nating in shell capped feet, (c.653g). 15cm high and 31 x 23.5cm
€ 500 - 800
1903:On December 17th 1903TheWright BrothersTakeTheir First Flight.A plane built by theWright Brothers,theWright Flyer became
the first powered,heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled,sustained flight with a pilot aboard.