A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER WINE EWERS
LONDON, 1878, MAKER'S MARK JT IN SHIELD, OVERSTRICKING ANOTHER, POSSIBLY ELKINGTON AND COMPANY
Vase shaped, on spreading foot chased with laurel border below fluted raised centre, the body with a large band figuring classical scenes of quadriga, four-horse chariots, with goddesses and nymphs, the hinged cover with Medusa masks, marked on necks and covers
15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) high
79 oz. (2,458 gr.)
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN PARCEL-GILT SILVER WINE EWERS
LONDON, 1878, MAKER'S MARK JT IN SHIELD, OVERSTRICKING ANOTHER, POSSIBLY ELKINGTON AND COMPANY
Vase shaped, on spreading foot chased with laurel border below fluted raised centre, the body with a large band figuring classical scenes of quadriga, four-horse chariots, with goddesses and nymphs, the hinged cover with Medusa masks, marked on necks and covers
15 ¼ in. (39 cm.) high
79 oz. (2,458 gr.)