A Victorian solid silver hunting jug by Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1897
A Victorian solid silver hunting jug by Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1897
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REFERENCE: P1901
An impressive antique late-19th Century Victorian solid silver hunting water jug, the body profusely decorated in relief with embossed hunting scenes, depicting horse riders and hounds chasing a deer. The side applied with a handle cast as two intertwined snakes, jug supported by a cast figure of a deer, standing on a tapering base and formed as a duke’s coronet. Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1897 (x), Maker's mark E&CoLD (Elkington & Co Ltd). The firm Elkington & Co, founded in 1815, became very popular for pioneering the electroplating and gilding techniques
Condition: perfect
Dimensions: 35cm high, 23cm wide, 16cm deep
Weight: 1435g