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MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, ONE 1845, TWO 1847 AND TWO 1849
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A set of five Victorian silver vases
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, one 1845, two 1847 and two 1849
The largest on shaped square base with moulded border, applied with two cast coats-of-arms and two cast cyphers, the base with cast figures of the god Pan and a maenad wearing an ivy garland in her hair, the ground textured to represent water, the stem cast as a vine supporting a campana-shaped openwork vase of twisting vines, leaves and grapes, the two handles formed as twisting vines, the everted rim applied with cast vine leaves and pendant bunches of grapes, marked on side of vase, side and top of base, and on coats-of-arms, the base stamped '2039 HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER & HUNT'; the four smaller vases en suite, each on shaped square base with applied coat-of-arms and moulded border, the stem formed as four grape-vines with leafy terminals rising to campana-shaped vase, marked on vase sides and applied coats-of-arms, two marked on bases, the bases stamped 'HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER & HUNT 3021', two bases with later control marks
One 20in. (51cm.) high, four 13½in. (34.5cm.) high
783ozs. (24,410gr.) (5)
Maker's mark of John Samuel Hunt, London, one 1845, two 1847 and two 1849
The largest on shaped square base with moulded border, applied with two cast coats-of-arms and two cast cyphers, the base with cast figures of the god Pan and a maenad wearing an ivy garland in her hair, the ground textured to represent water, the stem cast as a vine supporting a campana-shaped openwork vase of twisting vines, leaves and grapes, the two handles formed as twisting vines, the everted rim applied with cast vine leaves and pendant bunches of grapes, marked on side of vase, side and top of base, and on coats-of-arms, the base stamped '2039 HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER & HUNT'; the four smaller vases en suite, each on shaped square base with applied coat-of-arms and moulded border, the stem formed as four grape-vines with leafy terminals rising to campana-shaped vase, marked on vase sides and applied coats-of-arms, two marked on bases, the bases stamped 'HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER & HUNT 3021', two bases with later control marks
One 20in. (51cm.) high, four 13½in. (34.5cm.) high
783ozs. (24,410gr.) (5)
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