Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of Richard Kent
A Victorian Silver-Gilt Mounted Engraved Glass Claret Jug, Maker's Mark CF Probably for Charles Favell, Sheffield, 1876
Lot Closed
October 18, 07:56 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A Victorian Silver-Gilt Mounted Engraved Glass Claret Jug, Maker's Mark CF Probably for Charles Favell, Sheffield, 1876
tall lightly tapered glass body engraved with two beaded oval reserves of herons within bullrushes, surrounded by vermicule ground, the plain frosted mounts with beaded borders and trefid tabs securing the glass, angular handle, engraved below spout with a coronet, fully marked right of handle, part marked on cover and base rim
height 11 1/8 in.
28.3 cm
According to Francis Raeymaekers, wriggle work or vermicule engraving was typical of immigrant Bohemian engravers working in England and Scotland such as Emanuel Lerche and F. J. Marschener.
The 1911 Sheffield Assay Office Register shows the mark for Charles Favell as having been entered May 6, 1886, and with the C and F struck as two different punches, a pattern repeated when they added "& Co." with a new mark in 1901. However, the 1881 census lists Charles Favell's occupation as "Silversmith Emp[loying] 24 men & 6 women", indicating that he had a flourishing business well before 1886, and presumably with the mark here, CF pellet between in a rectangle.