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(on consignment). TWO SILVER BOWLS, 223 AND 230 MM ACROSS, BOTH 75 MM TALL. THE 230 M ONE WITH PARTIALLY ERAZED A.H. EAGLE CIPHER. THE 223 MM ONE WITH THE CIPHER COMPLETELY, AND NEATLY ERAZED. WITH LETTER OF PROVINANCE DETAILING WHERE THEY CAME FROM. SMUGGLED INTO ENGLAND BY AN AUSTRIAN REFUGEE WHO HAD AQUIRED THEM IN 1945 AND THOUGHT IT SAFER TO HAVE THEM WITHOUT THE NAZI CONECTION IF DISCOVERED, AND REMOVED THE A.H. CREST. GIVEN TO MR & MRS ELLIOTT OF FERNDOWN WHO HOUSED THE REFUGEES AS A GIFT. THE BOWLS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION APRT FROM THE REMOVAL OF THE CRESTS. HAD THE CRESTS STILL BEEN PRESENT, THEY WOULD BE WORTH THOUSANDS.