Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29th April 2015

Lot 754

A Victorian silver presentation regimental ewer

Estimate £2,000 - £2,500

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Description

A Victorian silver presentation regimental ewer,

by Messrs. Savory, London 1883,

baluster form, engraved classical decoration, the scroll handle modelled as a cast dragon, gilded interior, on a raised circular foot, engraved with the badge of the Durham Light Infantry and 'Presented by Captain and Honourary Major H. Chesshyre Molyneux to his brother Officers on leaving the Regiment 6 March 1885', height 36.5cm, approx. weight 31oz.