MAKER'S MARK OF JAMES LE BASS, MADE FOR ALDERMAN WEST, DUBLIN, 1818
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Maker's mark of James Le Bass, made for Alderman West, Dublin, 1818
Barrel-form, cast and chased with alternating spiralling flutes and grapevine garlands on a matte background, a band of foliage enclosing two cartouches, one engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other with a crest above a helm, with two applied lion-masks holding pendant ring handles, the pierced circular collar with a flat-chased pelta band, with a removable plated liner, marked under base
7¾in. (20cm.) high; 96oz. (2990gr.) (2)
Maker's mark of James Le Bass, made for Alderman West, Dublin, 1818
Barrel-form, cast and chased with alternating spiralling flutes and grapevine garlands on a matte background, a band of foliage enclosing two cartouches, one engraved with a coat-of-arms, the other with a crest above a helm, with two applied lion-masks holding pendant ring handles, the pierced circular collar with a flat-chased pelta band, with a removable plated liner, marked under base
7¾in. (20cm.) high; 96oz. (2990gr.) (2)