Victorian silver gilt wine ewer, by Alexander Macrae, London...

Hammer

£780

Victorian silver gilt wine ewer, by Alexander Macrae, London 1867, having a beaded trumpet neck with original beaded ring cork stopper, matted lower neck and ovoid body, with presentation inscription 'To John Walker Esq, Town Clerk of Chester from Sir Thomas Gibbons Frost 1869', with chiselled bright cut floral garlands bordered with trailing vine leaves, over a fluted stepped foot with beaded edge, height 35cm, weight approx. 753g