Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall

English sterling silver wine jug.

• "Armada" pattern jug, with scroll handle, the hinged lid has an ornate finial and the lid opens by squeezing the handle trigger, baluster body, domed circular foot, the body is profusely decorated in relief with embossed flowers, foliage and scrolls on a matted ground.
• The body also features two vacant cartouches flanked by cast-winged mermaid and merman, and a cast leopard's head at belly front.
• Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1887 (M), maker's mark R.M.E.H. Martin, Hall & Co (Richard Martin & Ebenezer Hall).