AN UNUSUAL AND RARE SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL EWER MARKED VAILLANT, MAKER'S MARK 'J.V', ST PETERSBURG, 1858 Cylindric body cast and finely chased as a trompe l'oeil bearskin, on a circular foot modelled as a bear trap, with scroll handle entwined with a rope terminating in two tassels, the thumb-piece cast as a ribbon, with a long S-shaped spout, the hinged cover surmounted by a finial cast as Dionysus sitting on a wine barrel, the cover engraved with coat-of-arms of Helsinki and inscription in Swedish '1st Prize at the Helsinki City Regatta 18-85', the handle with ivory insulators, interior gilt, marked on body, cover and under base 13 in. (33 cm.) high 45.9 oz. (1,428 gr.) gross
AN UNUSUAL AND RARE SILVER TROMPE L'OEIL EWER MARKED VAILLANT, MAKER'S MARK 'J.V', ST PETERSBURG, 1858 Cylindric body cast and finely chased as a trompe l'oeil bearskin, on a circular foot modelled as a bear trap, with scroll handle entwined with a rope terminating in two tassels, the thumb-piece cast as a ribbon, with a long S-shaped spout, the hinged cover surmounted by a finial cast as Dionysus sitting on a wine barrel, the cover engraved with coat-of-arms of Helsinki and inscription in Swedish '1st Prize at the Helsinki City Regatta 18-85', the handle with ivory insulators, interior gilt, marked on body, cover and under base 13 in. (33 cm.) high 45.9 oz. (1,428 gr.) gross
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