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Cream Jug
Maker: Unidentified
English
1735
Medium/Technique
Silver, gilt
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 11 x 7.6 cm (4 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 3 in.)
Weight: 11 oz 10 dwt (360g)
Weight: 11 oz 10 dwt (360g)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Simone Hartman and Harriet J. Bradbury Fund
Accession Number2001.94
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver-gilt
Silver hollowware
Silver
Silver hollowware
Silver
DescriptionOval bombe-shaped body stands on three dolphin feet with wavy tails. The sides of the body cast and chased iwth spiral panels of overlapping waves and applied grape leaves. Under the lip is a naked bust-length female head. The handle is in the form of a snake-entwined scroll terminating in a turbaned male head.
Marks
none
ProvenanceMarch 26, 1957, sold by an anonymous owner at Sotheby's, London, possibly lot 157. By 1985, Villiers David; November 27, 1985, sold as the property of the late Villiers David, Christie's, London, lot 121, where most probably bought by Alan and Simone Hartman, New York, NY; 2001, gift of Alan and Simone Hartman. (Accession date: February 21, 2001)