c1900 Frank Whiting Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Double Handle Centerpiece Bowl marcasite but the high quality of

but the high quality of the work suggests a high end

The details of the chased decoration are nice and crisp

but this is hard to notice without turning the piece over to inspect it

The top garnet is enhanced by a round silvery setting

The reverse is marked sterling along with the maker's mark for International and the pattern name

c1900 Frank Whiting Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Double Handle Centerpiece Bowl marcasite but the high quality ofPresented is an impressive antique Frank Whiting sterling silver centerpiece bowl, dating to circa 1895 1910. The bowl is made in a lovely classical form, with two C scroll handles and a low round pedestal foot. The wide rim of the bowl is beautifully decorated with flowing, scrolled ribbon type designs, interspersed with floral elements in almost an iris or fleur de lis type of form, very much in the Art Nouveau style of the time to which the piece