AN ENGLISH VICTORIAN SILVER WINER EWER

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AN ENGLISH VICTORIAN SILVER WINER EWER
London, maker's mark of J.C. Eddington, 1855

Of baluster form and on a fluted rising circular foot chased with flowers, foliage and scalework, the body chased and applied with winged male and female figures, baskets of flowers, scrolling foliage and a lion's head, various foliate friezes above, with an elaborate scroll handle and openwork finial, the domed hinged cover activated by the handle, the body with two cartouches, one engraved "PRESENTED TO CAPT. CHARLES McDONNELL OF THE SHIP JAMES BAINES AS A MARK OF ESTEEM BY THE PASSENGERS ON HER VOYAGE FROM MELBOURNE TO LIVERPOOL, NOV. MDCCCLVI" - 34cm high (1097gr)