A GERMAN SILVER MOUNTED CUT GLASS CLARET JUG, late 19th Century, the vase shaped glass body cut with stylized flowerheads and hob nails, the long neck applied with four putti in high relief with interlocking arms, on grapevine and stippled ground, above and below with acanthus bands, with twisted and acanthus capped angular handle, the raised hinged cover with German inscription dated 1897 below chased swirling acanthus, topped by openwork acanthus leaf finial--13½in. (34.2cm.) high