A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CREAM JUG
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CREAM JUG

MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN EDWARD TERREY, LONDON, 1821

Details
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT CREAM JUG
Maker's mark of John Edward Terrey, London, 1821
Globular hexagonal, on conforming foot, the sides chased with relief panels of Chinese scenes, marked on body
3in. (8.8cm.) high; 10oz. 10dwt. (330gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, October 22, 1970, lot 94
Literature
Vanessa Brett, The Sotheby's Directory of Silver, 1600-1940, London, 1986, p. 275, no. 1270.

Lot Essay

This cream-jug is based on late 17th-century Chinese export silver (see note to lot 420).