MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN S. HUNT, LONDON 1853 AND 1857
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A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER ASCOS-FORM CLARET JUGS
Maker's mark of John S. Hunt, London 1853 and 1857
In the form of a Roman wine-skin, with matted surface, on an oval rim, the leaf-clad scrolling handle applied below with a winged putto, the rim applied with two figures of recumbent goats, applied below with trailing vines, marked near rims
8in. (21cm.) high; 62oz. 10dwt. (2)
Maker's mark of John S. Hunt, London 1853 and 1857
In the form of a Roman wine-skin, with matted surface, on an oval rim, the leaf-clad scrolling handle applied below with a winged putto, the rim applied with two figures of recumbent goats, applied below with trailing vines, marked near rims
8in. (21cm.) high; 62oz. 10dwt. (2)