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Lot 110

A silver mounted cameo glass claret jug attributed to Thomas Webb and Sons, dated 1884

20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A silver mounted cameo glass claret jug attributed to Thomas Webb and Sons, dated 1884

Of baluster form, the brown ground overlaid in opaque white and carved with Gerbera daisies, a butterfly perched on one leaf, the English silver mounts with a Bacchus mask spout, decorated with bands of scrollwork and palmettes in high relief, the hinged cover with a shell thumbrest, 23.8cm high, mounts by John Grinsell & Sons, marked Birmingham 1884

Footnotes

Whilst a Stevens and Williams attribution cannot be ruled out, the milled foot on the present lot appears to be a feature of a number of pieces of cameo glass produced by Thomas Webb and Sons. Compare with the vases illustrated by Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass (1988), nos.C2 and C94. A very similar claret jug with silver mounts of the same date but by a different maker is in The Kent Collection, no.721.

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