Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Wine Coaster Peter & Anne Bateman London 1799 Sold Athanasios enthroned in the Byzantine

Athanasios enthroned in the Byzantine style and painted with egg tempera and heightened with 24 karat gold leaf

the base having pierced and reticulated decoration

the bowl having a blank cartouche (no engraved monogram or family crest)

The front legs of carved block tapering form

circa 1820

Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Wine Coaster Peter & Anne Bateman London 1799 Sold Athanasios enthroned in the ByzantineA fine antique Georgian sterling silver wine coaster, Peter & Anne Bateman, London, 1799. The coaster having a flared & ribbed rim with baronial a engraved crest to the front of a snake within a laurel wreath, to the back is second engraved mark of a lion rampant holding a ball. The interior of the coaster with a ribbed walnut disc and a silver central button, the exterior base with corresponding ribbed decoration & hallmarked for London 1799 and