A large Scottish silver jug / ewer, Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, 1911
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November 23, 03:18 PM GMT
Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A large Scottish silver jug / ewer
Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh
1911
in an 18th century Irish form with a double-scroll handle and lion mask and paw feet
26cm., 10¼in. high
1430gr., 46oz.
Naim Attallah, when Chief Executive of the Asprey’s group, was involved of the acquisition of the historic Edinburgh silversmith and jewellers Hamilton & Inches in 1992 and he became a director of the firm at that time. This may explain why this piece was in his collection.