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A Victorian parcel-gilt claret jug
on a foliate-chased domed circular foot, the moulded circular body engraved with a broad frieze of Anthemians, the slender neck with two Greek Key friezes, the part-fluted scroll handle with foliate terminals, the domed hinged cover engraved with a foliate frieze and with finial modelled as a coiled serpent, Smith & Nicholson, London 1861 - 12in. (30.50cm.), 30oz.
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on a foliate-chased domed circular foot, the moulded circular body engraved with a broad frieze of Anthemians, the slender neck with two Greek Key friezes, the part-fluted scroll handle with foliate terminals, the domed hinged cover engraved with a foliate frieze and with finial modelled as a coiled serpent, Smith & Nicholson, London 1861 - 12in. (30.50cm.), 30oz.
See Front Cover Illustration