Royal Selangor Lewis Votive Religious hand-enameling

hand-enameling

A high-sided

obtained through a remarkable production process

This towel holder

Made from the finest sterling silver

Royal Selangor Lewis Votive Religious hand-enamelingInterlocking arches, a decorative device on a bishop chess piece, take on a physical architectural expression in pewter, pierced to reveal the flicker of a tealight. An integral socket doubles its use as a candlestand for tapers. Unearthed on the Isle of Lewis in 1831, in the wilderness of Scotlands remote Outer Hebrides, the 12th century Lewis chessmen are exquisitely carved in walrus ivory, and very likely of Scandinavian origin. Of the seventy