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A Victorian silver-gilt-mounted glass claret jug, William & George Sissons, Sheffield, 1869

Lot Closed

November 8, 01:41 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Victorian silver-gilt-mounted glass claret jug

William & George Sissons, Sheffield, 1869


the glass body (possibly by Schiller for Stevens & William) engraved with fantastical creatures amid masks and foliage, both sides also engraved with a monogram and crest which is repeated as the finial of the lid, the handle formed as a caryatid,


height 29cm., 11 1/4in.