A VICTORIAN SILVER WINE JUG, JOSEPH & ALBERT SAVORY, LONDON 1853

• Lot Sold $1,200 (Hammer Price)
• $1,440 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

of ewer form with everted triform spout with a lobed rim flanked by two mask heads and a high handle terminating in a female head, the neck and sides engraved with stylised palmettes, together with an electroplated mounted cut glass claret jug, the cover and collar decorated with scrolls and flowers and a sinuous scroll handle
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800GMS, 33.5CM HIGH AND 28CM HIGH RESPECTIVELY

CONDITION

the silver jug has some rubbing to edge of hallmarks and a later mark stamped between makers mark and lion passant; very minor surface scratches and wear consistent with age and use; the second  jug has wear to the finial and slight wear the remaining mount and body conistent with use

 

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