Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Design 17/20: Silver, Furniture & Ceramics
Property from the Collection of Richard Kent
An Early Victorian Silver-Mounted Ruby Glass Claret Jug, Charles Reily & George Storer, London, 1840
Lot Closed
October 18, 07:50 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An Early Victorian Silver-Mounted Ruby Glass Claret Jug, Charles Reily & George Storer, London, 1840
baluster-shaped pale ruby glass body faceted on the lower part, encased in a naturalistic silver design of cast and chased fruiting grapevine, from the plain circular silver base to the textured neck and hinged cover with grape cluster finials, the handle chased as a branch, fully marked under lip and on leaf to right of lower handle terminal, also stamped 379, and part-marked elsewhere, wing nuts marked
height 11 3/4 in.
29.8 cm
This jug is an example of the increasing naturalism which took hold in European design by 1830, in contrast to the neoclassical rigor of the Regency and Empire styles of the beginning of the century. In this instance, the decoration also recalls the purpose of the vessel.
Charles Reily was the son of a silversmithing family. His mother Mary Hyde was the widow of John or Thomas Hyde, both smallworkers; in 1799 she entered a mark in partnership with John Reily, smallworker, and later married him. After John Reily's death, Mary Hyde Reily entered a mark in partnership with her son Charles in 1826. In 1829 Charles entered a new mark in partnership with George Storer, son of a watchmaker, at 6 Carey Lane - just behind St. Paul's, and adjacent to the Goldsmiths' Company, the guild headquarters.