A MONUMENTAL ITALIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED VASE AND COVER

A vase and cover of similar form depicting different mythological scenes and figural finial was created by Hancocks & Co., London, and exhibited in 1871 at the International Exhibition, London. The description of the Hancocks vase reads: "The highly ornamented body and handles are designed by OWEN JONES; the Medallion [sic] and [figures to the'] handles are modelled by Signor MONTI." (The Art-Journal Catalogue of the International Exhibition, 1871, p. 6)

A smaller vase by Hancocks & Co., London, 1909, with identical scenes to the present lot, was sold in these rooms on 21 October 2011, lot 149. Another example by Hancocks, depicting scenes from the life of Hercules, was sold Christie's, New York, 16 April 1999, lot 254.