Description
An early 18th century German silver ewer,
by P. J. Syring, Hildesheim circa 1728,
panelled baluster form, scroll handle, embossed foliate scroll decoration, mask capped spout, on a raised embossed circular foot, applied with four medallic Thalers of Bishopric of Osnabrück, commemorating the Sede Vacante of 1728, with busts of St Peter and the Emperor Charles V; the knop stem set with four miniature medallions of Holy Roman Emperors, base and lower knop with medallion Thalers, scroll handle, engraved with crest, height 17.5cm, approx. weight 45oz.
Provenance: The property of Lord and Lady Fairhaven.
The crest and motto are possibly for Greaves or Grevis.
For the maker's mark see Marc Roseberg, Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, 1923, page 169.
