Property from the Collection of Richard Kent
Two Matching Early Victorian Silver-Mounted Blue Overlay Cased Glass Claret Jugs, Charles Fox and Charles Thomas & George Fox, London, 1840-41
Lot Closed
October 18, 07:52 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Two Matching Early Victorian Silver-Mounted Blue Overlay Cased Glass Claret Jugs, Charles Fox and Charles Thomas & George Fox, London, 1840-41
the teardrop-shaped glass bodies cut to show overlapping scales of cobalt and clear glass; the necks mounted with collars of high-relief chased grape leaves and clusters, branch-form neck rims and matching hoop handles ending in a wirework tendril and pendant leaf, the necks with gilt interiors, marked at the bottom of the mount below the neck
height 12 1/2 in.
31.8 cm
Francis Raeymaekers notes that the "cased" glass bodies were probably imported from France or Austro-Hungary, as it was not until about 1845 that cased glass is recorded as manufactured in England.
Charles Fox was the son of a silversmith of the same name, in business from about 1801. He succeeded his father around 1827-28, and in 1841 his sons Charles Thomas Fox and George Fox took over, entering a joint mark on July 26 of that year, with an address of 139 Old Street, north of the current Barbican. The firm was manufacturing silversmiths, mostly for the firm of Lambert & Rawlings, Coventry Street.
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