A STEPHEN SMITH & WILLIAM NICHOLSON VICTORIAN SILVER AND SILVER GILT FIGURAL EWER. Stephen Smith & William Nicholson, London...

Description

A STEPHEN SMITH & WILLIAM NICHOLSON VICTORIAN SILVER AND SILVER GILT FIGURAL EWER
Stephen Smith & William Nicholson, London, England, circa 1863-1864
Marks: (lion passant), (leopard's head), (duty mark), SS WN, h
15 inches high (38.1 cm)
39.6 ounces

Provenance:
From a Private Connecticut Collection

The baluster-form silver gilt ewer separated by a central silver band to body, the gilt top with hinged lid and silver figural finial of a lady seated on a dolphin-form, over the waisted neck, shoulder issuing shaped gilt handle and with silver frieze of lions, flowering urns, and mask medallions of a female crowned with grapes and leaves, the gilt base with silver beaded border and applied wrapped with snake, raised on a circular foot with stylized foliate rim.

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