A large Victorian silver ewer
A large Victorian silver ewer

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1839

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A large Victorian silver ewer
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, 1839
Of baluster form, on circular spreading foot chased with a band of flowers and foliage, the body chased with shells, scrolls and foliage and a coursing scene, the upper rim applied with scrolls and acanthus, the curved partly reeded handle with a cast greyhound finial and lion's mask terminal, the hinged domed cover with a detachable crouching hare beneath thistle foliage, the base stamped STORR & MORTIMER 165, marked on body, cover and finial
19in. (49cm.) high
97ozs. (3,023gr.)

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