Important South African & International Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 12 October 2015

English, Cape and Colonial Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture

Sold for

ZAR 40 925
Lot 238
  • A Victorian silver 'Armada' claret jug, James Charles Edington, London 1855
  • A Victorian silver 'Armada' claret jug, James Charles Edington, London 1855
  • A Victorian silver 'Armada' claret jug, James Charles Edington, London 1855


Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 40 925
Auction Catalogue

About this Item

London, England
A Victorian silver 'Armada' claret jug, James Charles Edington, London 1855
the body chased with winged mermaids and mermen flanking vacant cartouches with mask heads, amidst scrolls and foliage, the front modelled in relief with a lion's head, the cover with articulated handle lever with ivory fillets, the spout engraved with a crest, the neck with lappet and leaf borders, raised on a conforming domed spreading foot, impressed '1244, H' and registration mark for 21 August 1851,1110g all in, 35cm high

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