MAKER'S MARK OF BENJAMIN SMITH, 1849
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A Victorian Silver Wine Cooler
maker's mark of Benjamin Smith, 1849
Of campana vase form, the circular fluted foot with a berried border rising to the gadrooned knop, the vase with everted lip similarly fluted and bordered, the handles naturalistically cast as vine stocks issuing an encircling garland of fruit and foliage, liner lacking
12in. (30.5cm.) high
marked on body
128oz
maker's mark of Benjamin Smith, 1849
Of campana vase form, the circular fluted foot with a berried border rising to the gadrooned knop, the vase with everted lip similarly fluted and bordered, the handles naturalistically cast as vine stocks issuing an encircling garland of fruit and foliage, liner lacking
12in. (30.5cm.) high
marked on body
128oz