Lot 130
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FROSTED GLASS ASKOS CREAM JUG
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FROSTED GLASS ASKOS CREAM JUG

MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, 1839

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED FROSTED GLASS ASKOS CREAM JUG
MARK OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT, 1839
the glass body with a silver-mounted handle and neck, the handle with figural, palmette and acanthus motifs, the neck with two goat motifs - 13cm. (5 1/8in.).
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Lot Essay

Jugs of this type became very popular during the Greek Revival period of the second quarter of the 19th century. The original Askos vases were made in pottery and used by the Greeks to pour oil into lamps.

A similar claret jug by the same maker is illustrated in Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940, page 273.

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