Aiguiere couverte en argent et vermeil par Hans Fruhinsfeld, Nuremberg, vers 1650

le pied polylobé repoussé et gravé de motifs de feuilles et masques stylisés, le corps à côtes orné des mêmes motifs et de trois cartouches, deux anciennement gravés d'un monogramme effacé, le troisième d'une inscription en cyrillique signifiant  En signe d’amitié réciproque entre les habitants de Bronitsky et les soldats du premier bataillon de la brigade d’infanterie d’Ouglitch, le bec verseur en forme d'escargot marin renversé d'où jaillit un dauphin, le couvercle à bord polylobé gravé postérieurement en cyrillique 1er janvier 1819, la prise en escargot marin, l'anse en ivoire probablement rapportée ainsi que les hottes

on moulded foot embossed and engraved with stylised leaves and masks motives, the fluted body with same motives and three cartouches, two with erased monogram, the third with a later cyrillic inscription meaning As a symbol of friendship between Bronitsky inhabitants and the soldiers of the Ouglitch infantry battalion, the unusual finial shaped as an inverted  sea snail from which a dolphin is emerging, the fluted cover with moulded border similarly decorated, the border later engraved with a name and date 1819, snail finial, with probably later ivory handle and handle mounts

Usual dents and scratches. Gilding worn, mainly where engraving has been erased, as written in the catalogue. Marks: on body neck, legible town and maker's marks ; on cover rim, maker legible, on footrim, maker partly legible. Inside cover rim, two later French control marks, crab and female head to the right for Paris, 1819-1838). Assay scratch inside cover rim and under footrim. On foot, French later control mark for Paris 1819-1838. On neck later French control mark (crab). Exceptional finial and spout shaped as sea snails, the spout one incorporating a dolphin. Very attractive and unusual piece.
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