PORTOBELLO/JOHN MAINS ANTIQUES Tuesday, 14 March 2017 - 1:00 PM start
An impressive Victorian silver gilt and cut glass claret jug
Realised: $1,700 plus premium
Lot Details
the substantial Rococo-type mount cast and embossed with cherubs cavorting with naked maidens, a Bacchus mask to lower spout, cherub full-figure finial, the branch form twisted handle with full cherub figure reclining and drinking, the compressed spherical body finely engraved with grapevine detail and a star cut base. London 1861 by John Wilmin Figg, a noted claret jug maker. Engraved to the rim: 'H.S.Collins Esq: R.N. from Sherard Osborn, C.B. & the Officers of the European Chinese Naval Force 1862-64'. Height 255. $1500
