Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29th April 2015

Lot 764

A Victorian silver-mounted red glass pilgrim flask

Estimate £1,800 - £2,200 | Hammer £2000

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Description

A Victorian silver-mounted red glass pilgrim flask,

by George Angell, London 1861,

baluster form, with strap mounts with Medusa heads and punched decoration, the pull-off stopper with a cupid holding a goblet finial, with four chains leading to two Bacchus masks, on a raised fluted oval foot, height 34.7cm.