Askos Jug: C.10-1988

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Askos Jug

Maker(s)

Silversmith: Elliott, William (silversmith)

Entities

Jug
askos jug

Description

Frosted glass, mounted in silver, case, chased, matted and engraved with a crest: a crowned female bust. The bag-shaped body is mounted with plain silver rims on base and lip, the latter bearing two goats couchant on either side of the upper terminal of the handle; the lower end terminates in foliage, below which there is a putto flanked by leaves over paired spirals and a shell; two tendrils descend from the lip, following the curve of the body on either side.

Notes

History note: Mrs Winifred J. Armstrong; purchased at Bonham's sale, 19 September, 1988, The Grove, Cambridge, the property of the late Mrs Winifred J. Armstrong, lot 77

Legal notes

Purchased with the Rylands Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 21.8 cm

Place(s) associated

London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1988-10-10) by Bonhams

Dating

Mid-19th Century
Victoria I
1839 CE - 1840 CE

School or Style

Classical Revival

Components of the work

Mounts composed of silver
Body
Silver

Materials used in production

frosted Lead-glass

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: lion passant

Location: On mounts
Method of creation: Struck
Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: leopard's head

Location: On mounts
Method of creation: Struck
Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: gothic

Text: D
Location: On mounts
Method of creation: Struck
Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: monarch's head

Location: On mounts
Method of creation: Struck
Type: Hallmark

Inscription present: WE

Location: On mounts
Method of creation: Struck
Type: Maker's mark

References and bibliographic entries

Journal of Glass Studies page(s): p. 106
Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 11th April 1968 page(s): p. 23
Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 18th June 1970 page(s): p. 34
Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 29th June 1972 page(s): p. 31
Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 26th October 1972 page(s): p. 14
Historismus
The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940 page(s): pp. 271-2
English and Continental Silver Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu page(s): p. 110
English and Continental Silver page(s): p. 50
Important English and Continental Silver
Asprey, Silver from a Golden Age, 1640-1840
Fine European Ceramics and Glass page(s): p. 97
Silver, Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu page(s): p. 37
Collection Mony Linz-Einstein, Barbotines et Curiosités page(s): 108

Related exhibitions

Foundations for the Future

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.10-1988
Primary reference Number: 27032
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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