Details
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT LARGE PILGRIM FLASKS
MARK OF JAMES GARRARD, LONDON, 1890
Each with a flattened circular body, chased and engraved on one side with scenes of medieval knights and horses in rocky landscapes with castles in the distance, the other side engraved with a crest, raised on a spreading rectangular stem and shaped oval foot, chased with scrolling foliage, mermaids, and grotesque masks, the cylindrical neck with acanthus, dolphins, and flowering urns topped by a fixed domed cover chased with leaves and with beaded border the scrolled handles cast with grotesque heads and acanthus issuing from the mouths of turtles surmounted by putti, marked on side of neck
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
314 oz. 6 dwt. (9,775 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 25 October 1988, lot 196.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 April 1998, lot 149.
Literature
M. Wrey ed., Christie's Review of the Season, London, 1989, p. 317
Details
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT LARGE PILGRIM FLASKS
MARK OF JAMES GARRARD, LONDON, 1890
Each with a flattened circular body, chased and engraved on one side with scenes of medieval knights and horses in rocky landscapes with castles in the distance, the other side engraved with a crest, raised on a spreading rectangular stem and shaped oval foot, chased with scrolling foliage, mermaids, and grotesque masks, the cylindrical neck with acanthus, dolphins, and flowering urns topped by a fixed domed cover chased with leaves and with beaded border the scrolled handles cast with grotesque heads and acanthus issuing from the mouths of turtles surmounted by putti, marked on side of neck
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
314 oz. 6 dwt. (9,775 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 25 October 1988, lot 196.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 April 1998, lot 149.
Literature
M. Wrey ed., Christie's Review of the Season, London, 1989, p. 317
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