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    • A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER
    Lot 113

    A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER WINE JUG

    MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1867

    Price realised

    USD 6,000

    Estimate

    USD 2,500 - USD 3,500

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    A VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER WINE JUG
    MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1867
    Of vase form on spreading circular foot, with scrolled handle partly fashioned as dragon head with engraved and chased acanthus leaf join, hinged cover with beaded rim and finial fashioned as a knight's helm, body with two applied beaded oval cartouches enclosing figures of Venus and Cupid, marked on neck and inside of hinged cover
    14 in. (35.5 cm.) high; 26 oz. (810 gr.)

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