Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 18th April 2023 - 18th April 2023
Lot 266
A Britannia standard silver 'sparrow beak'...
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £200
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Description
A Britannia standard silver 'sparrow beak' cream jug,
by George Lowe and Son, Chester 1938,
baluster form, scroll handle, on three hoof feet, height 9.2cm, approx. weight 6.5oz.
Provenance: From the private collection of the late Joyce Lowe, of Lowe and Sons, Chester. She became the only female Honorary Member of The Chester Goldsmiths Company in her family's two hundred year ownership of the firm (1770-1977).
For the maker's mark see Ridgway,M.,Chester Silver 1837-1962, Denbigh Ltd., 1996, plate 41.