Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of Richard Kent
A Victorian Silver Gilt-Mounted Adam-Style Claret Jug, Edward H. Stockwell, London, 1872
Lot Closed
October 18, 07:55 PM GMT
Estimate
9,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Victorian Silver Gilt-Mounted Adam-Style Claret Jug, Edward H. Stockwell, London, 1872
the plain baluster-shaped glass body enclosed in a high quality chased silver framework of Adam motifs; solid partly gadrooned foot below bands of beading, acanthus, and rosettes, the body with acanthus scrolls between floral vases and rams' heads, the neck with bands of Vitruvian scroll and bellflowers, the handle with acanthus leaves and female mask at upper terminal, the stopper with conforming decoration, marked on base, lower & upper body, near female mask, neck & cork mount; the base engraved "Designed & Manufactured by W. Barker, 164 New Bond St., London
height 14 1/2 in.
36.8 cm
Edward H. Stockwell specialized in "presentation swords and cup and bottle mounts in gold and silver". It started with H.W. Stockwell in Soho about 1820, and he was succeeded by his son in 1865, when Edward entered his own mark for the firm. In 1876 he won a prize from the Goldsmiths' Company for the design of a presentation casket, suggesting that the firm was responsible for the sophisticated design of this jug, despite the base inscription.
William Barker was listed as a "Diamond Merchant" at 164 New Bond Street in the Herberts' Metropolitan Handbook of 1875, and advertised at that address in 1872 and 1875.