AN ITALIAN SILVER AND GILT-COPPER OIL AND VINEGAR CRUET
TOWN MARK ONLY TO BASE AND HANDLE, GENOA, CIRCA 1790
FIGURE-OF-EIGHT FORM WITH BEAD BORDERS AND SIDES PIERCED WITH CONTINUOUS LOZENGE AND CRUCIFORM LEAF MOTIFS, ON BALL AND CLAW FEET, WITH TWO CONFORMING RECEIVERS, THE BASE AND RECEIVERS BACKED IN GILT-COPPER, THE CENTRAL HANDLE IN THE FORM OF TWO ENTWINED SERPENTS WITH RED GLASS EYES, WITH, NEAR THE TOP, TWO HOLDERS FOR THE BOTTLE-STOPPERS WITH LEAFAGE BELOW, AND AT EITHER END OF STAND AN APPLIED CARTOUCHE INITIALLED ORS, ALSO TWO LATER BOTTLES
13 IN. HIGH (33 CM.)
GROSS WEIGHT OF STAND 26 OZ. (806 GM.)
AN ITALIAN SILVER AND GILT-COPPER OIL AND VINEGAR CRUET
TOWN MARK ONLY TO BASE AND HANDLE, GENOA, CIRCA 1790
FIGURE-OF-EIGHT FORM WITH BEAD BORDERS AND SIDES PIERCED WITH CONTINUOUS LOZENGE AND CRUCIFORM LEAF MOTIFS, ON BALL AND CLAW FEET, WITH TWO CONFORMING RECEIVERS, THE BASE AND RECEIVERS BACKED IN GILT-COPPER, THE CENTRAL HANDLE IN THE FORM OF TWO ENTWINED SERPENTS WITH RED GLASS EYES, WITH, NEAR THE TOP, TWO HOLDERS FOR THE BOTTLE-STOPPERS WITH LEAFAGE BELOW, AND AT EITHER END OF STAND AN APPLIED CARTOUCHE INITIALLED ORS, ALSO TWO LATER BOTTLES
13 IN. HIGH (33 CM.)
GROSS WEIGHT OF STAND 26 OZ. (806 GM.)
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