Lot Essay
A related Schraubbchse is illustrated in E.M. Hoyer, Sächsischer Serpentin, Ein Stein und seine Verwendung, Leipzig, 1995, p. 255, fig. 256.
Details
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN GREEN SERPENTINE LIDDED JARS
19th Century
Each with domed screw lid and ring-handle above a fluted and reeded cylindrical body, restorations
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. (2)
19th Century
Each with domed screw lid and ring-handle above a fluted and reeded cylindrical body, restorations
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high; 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 16 May 1996, lot 7 (£ 1,725).