Fine Silver - 27th April 2016
Lot 524
A Victorian silver-gilt mounted glass claret jug
Estimate £2,500 - £3,000
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Description
A Victorian silver-gilt mounted glass claret jug,
by John Figg, London 1857,
slender baluster form, the mount with a raised lip with a Bacchanalian mask, the scroll handle mounted with a female figure passing grapes to a putto, the silver-gilt mounted cork stoppers with a bunch of grapes finial, plain glass ovoid body, on a raised circular foot, with stylised decoration and masks, height 41.6cm.