A Scottish Victorian silver-gilt mounted marble tazza

EDINBURGH, 1891, APPARENTLY LACKING MAKER'S MARK

Details
A Scottish Victorian silver-gilt mounted marble tazza
Edinburgh, 1891, apparently lacking maker's mark
With spreading circular base, baluster stem and plain circular dish, mounted beneath the stem with silver-gilt dragon with detachable tail the base applied with three classical personifications of rivers, each formed as a reclining semi-nude man with water-urn, two with simulated glass 'water', marked on dragon and two figures
16in. (40.5cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by John Patrick, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900), for either Cardiff Castle or Mount Stuart.

More from Works of Art from the Bute Collection

View All
View All