A German late 19th Century silver-mounted cut-glass compressed spherical claret jug with scrolling foliate handle and foliate-decorated shell-fluted domed hinged cover with ball finial, the mount chased with grotesque masks, scrolling foliage and strap-work on textured grounds and engraved with a monogram within an oval cartouche, a presentation inscription dated 1896 above - 10¼in.