A 19th century cut-glass and silver-mounted claret jug of gl...

Hammer

£150

A 19th century cut-glass and silver-mounted claret jug of globe and shaft form with handle; the squat, cylindrical body finely engraved with alternating star and hobnail panels, the faceted neck leading to the hinged lid decorated in relief with an exterior tavern style scene with seated figures at a table with flagons and tankards etc., two birds flying above and a building visible at the far left, all within shaped and foliate-style borders, the neck with cast spout and also decorated repoussé style with C-scrolls and vertical lozenges in rocaille style, the neck with maker's mark W.C and assayed London 1892 (19cm high)