Lot 234
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AN ENGLISH SILVER-PLATE MOUNTED GLASS CLARET JUG

Details
AN ENGLISH SILVER-PLATE MOUNTED GLASS CLARET JUG
DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER IN 1879, MADE BY HUKIN AND HEATH, 1879-1883

The ovoid body raised on three angular feet joined by a mid-band, with angular handle, the flaring neck with flat hinged cover engraved with an original stylized monogram, stamped DESIGNED BY Dr. C DRESSER and with maker's mark of Hukin & Heath and P.O.D.R. number for November 12, 1879--9 1/4in. (23.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

Two identical "crow's-foot" decanters were sold at Sotheby's London, May 2, 1990, lot 217, and July 18, 1990, lot 100. Another is illustrated in Widar Jalen, Christopher Dresser, Oxford, 1990, color plate 3, p.11.