A rare George II Channel Islands silver punch ladle, Guernsey circa 1740 by Guillaume Henry (active 1720-67)

Of shaped oval form with fluted sides and twin pouring lips, the stem with twin C scroll and a shell motif, leading to a turned wooden handle. Engraved to the back of the bowl with contemporaneous initials H* B over *E* in Roman script. Marked to interior of the bowl with maker’s mark GH crowned.

Length – 35.5 cm / 14 inches

The Transactions of the Guernsey Society did include a small obituary in 1767. It reads: Guillaume Henry, excellent and clever goldsmiths and engraver, who raised himself by his own efforts, almost without help from any master, to the highest rank of these two noble professions, was buried the 10th February.