Lot 146
  • 146

Two silver-mounted tigerware jugs

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • apparently unmarked
  • silver, ceramic
  • heights 8 3/4 and 11 in.
  • 22.2 and 28 cm
the silver mounts chased with strapwork, masks and bunches of fruit, the larger with acorn thumbpiece, the smaller with mermaid, the jugs 17th century, the mounts probably 19th century

Condition

both with stable firing cracks to ceramic bodies- the smaller with more substantial cracking around handle, the silver mounts in good condition
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