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LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS HALLMARKED FOR GEORGE FOX, LONDON, 1881, THE GLASS PROBABLY BOHEMIAN
Details
A silver-gilt mounted engraved glass Renaissance-style claret-jug
Late 19th Century, the mounts hallmarked for George Fox, London, 1881, the glass probably Bohemian
The oviform glass body engraved with a central band of grotesque masks within cartouches linked by strapwork ornamented with woodland animals including deer, a swan, a partridge and goats, the upper part with a band of grotesque masks within cartouches and the lower with a band of herms, the metal spout chased with a female mask within elaborate scroll and foliage decoration, the high raised metal handle with a caryatid and the domed metal foot with masks among strapwork and foliage
Late 19th Century, the mounts hallmarked for George Fox, London, 1881, the glass probably Bohemian
The oviform glass body engraved with a central band of grotesque masks within cartouches linked by strapwork ornamented with woodland animals including deer, a swan, a partridge and goats, the upper part with a band of grotesque masks within cartouches and the lower with a band of herms, the metal spout chased with a female mask within elaborate scroll and foliage decoration, the high raised metal handle with a caryatid and the domed metal foot with masks among strapwork and foliage
Provenance
The Crichton Collection, Blacklands House, Battle, Sussex, sale Gorringes, 1990.
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