A GEORGE V SILVER ROSE BOWL, BARKER BROTHERS SILVERSMITHS LTD., BIRMINGHAM, 1928 almost hemispherical, with moulded shaped rim, engraved with a presentation inscription, on spreading foot, underside with retailer's inscription RUSSELL / SILVERSMITH / MALVERN 22cm diameter, 651gr (20oz 18dwt) The inscription reads: Charlotte & Bernard Shaw to H.K. Ayliff / in friendly memory of the First Malvern Festival in August 1929. Provenance: given by George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and his wife, Charlotte, to Henry Kiell Ayliff (1871-1949); thence by direct family descent. H.K. Ayliff was a theatre director, whose Shakespeare in contemporary dress caused a stir in the 1920s. In 1922 he started working as director at Barry Jackson's Birmingham Repertory Theatre and was involved in many of the productions at Jackson's Malvern Festival, which initially had been dedicated to the plays of George Bernard Shaw.