Megan Littlewood
Sale Coordinator
Lot 42
Two impressive early Victorian silver-mounted claret jugs Paul Storr, London 1838
3 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£20,000 - £30,000
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Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
Lewis Browning
Specialist
Two impressive early Victorian silver-mounted claret jugs
Paul Storr, London 1838
The near pair, each with hinged covers formed of leaves and fruiting grapevine with a grape finial, the intertwined scroll handle naturalistically modelled as vines terminating into naturalistic leaves and vines to the glass body, the mounts with a rocaille ground flourishing into the spout, the whole covered with naturalistic leaves and fruiting grapevine, naturalistically terminating into the baluster glass body, raised on a circular collet foot, height each 26.5cm.
The near pair, each with hinged covers formed of leaves and fruiting grapevine with a grape finial, the intertwined scroll handle naturalistically modelled as vines terminating into naturalistic leaves and vines to the glass body, the mounts with a rocaille ground flourishing into the spout, the whole covered with naturalistic leaves and fruiting grapevine, naturalistically terminating into the baluster glass body, raised on a circular collet foot, height each 26.5cm.
Footnotes
Provenance: Purchased in the 1960's
The first silver-mounted glass claret jugs appeared in London during the 1830s, with hallmarks for London 1838 these are rare early examples.