Silver - Day 2 - 25th April 2012

Lot 1062

A pair of Victorian silver-gilt mounted glass claret jugs

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £15500

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Description

A pair of Victorian silver-gilt mounted glass claret jugs, by John Figg, London 1862 and 1864, slender baluster form, the mounts with a raised lip with a Bacchanalian mask, the scroll handles mounted with a female figure passing grapes to a putto, the silver-gilt mounted cork stoppers with grape finials, the glass ovoid body with engraved grapevine and mask decoration, on a raised circular foot, with stylised decoration and masks, height 41.2cm. (2)