LONDON 1899 - 1900An intaglio engraved ewer, in the manner of rock crystal, mounted in chased and openwork silver and vermeil. The engraving probably made by Stevens and Williams. Goldsmith Charles Edwards. Letters date: d and e. (Missing a small stem). H: 35 cmBears a dedication, in English, engraved on a coat of arms, located under the handle: To Alfonso Gandolfi Hornyold , from, his grand parents, on his 21st birthday, June 20 1900. Stevens and Williams, located in Stourbridge, England, was an important centre of glassmaking and was renowned for the quality of its engravers from the end of the 18th century until the middle of the 20th century, from John Northwood to Frederick Carter, to mention only the most famous. Alfonso Gandolfi-Hornyold's grandfather was a wealthy merchant, specializing in the silk trade, whose family of Italian origin had been in England since the eighteenth century and was allied by marriage to the Hornyolds, who can be traced back to 1068.