Lot 215
  • 215

A pair of German silver-mounted glass claret jugs, maker's mark AAL, retailed by Eugen Marcus, Frankfurt, circa 1900

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • maker's mark on rim of stopper and foot of figure, retailer's mark on mount below cartouche, stoppers numbered III and IIII
  • Silver, glass
  • height 16 in.
  • 40.7cm
baluster form with slender neck, scrolling grapevine mounts, fronts with a rococo cartouche, grapevine handles mounted with a Bacchic female figure, stoppers with a fully-modelled putto blowing a horn

Condition

one jug with two small chips to base, otherwise good
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