A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED CLARET JUG, London, 1837, maker's mark of Charles Boyton, the compressed circular glass body with long neck, the body cut with paterae divided by trelliswork wedges, the neck cut with circles, the lower mount engraved with panels of fruited grapevine, the neck mount forming spout, decorated with shaped panels of fruited grapevine, centering female Bacchic mask within foliate scrolls, on patinated ground, the acanthus topped scroll handle with cover mechanism and with bifurcated join, the hinged cover topped by fruited grapevine--13in. (33cm.)

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A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED CLARET JUG, London, 1837, maker's mark of Charles Boyton, the compressed circular glass body with long neck, the body cut with paterae divided by trelliswork wedges, the neck cut with circles, the lower mount engraved with panels of fruited grapevine, the neck mount forming spout, decorated with shaped panels of fruited grapevine, centering female Bacchic mask within foliate scrolls, on patinated ground, the acanthus topped scroll handle with cover mechanism and with bifurcated join, the hinged cover topped by fruited grapevine--13in. (33cm.)

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