Silver Austrian covered jug embossed with shells

An image of Covered jug. Uncertain silversmith, Austria, Vienna. Embossed with shells and the mask of a bearded man, and standing on three scroll legs with shell feet. Of circular section with an elongated neck embossed with two shells above a moulded girdle. The lower part of the body is almost hemispherical and has a band of applied ornament. It stands on three scroll legs with shell feet and capitals. The spout has a hinged cover, and at its base is a mask of a bearded man. The domed cover is embossed with two shells and a band of scrolling foliage round the cast bud finial. The harp-shaped handle is capped with an acanthus leaf above a border of husks. The jug is constructed in several sections by raising and casting. The parts are soldered and the border applied. It is decorated by embossing and chasing. Silver, height, to top of finial, 30.1 cm, width, spout to handle, 22.8 cm, weight, gross, 1812 g, 1741. Production Note: Maker's mark, IP not identified. Accessioned as a coffee pot.

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Covered jug. Uncertain silversmith, Austria, Vienna. Embossed with shells and the mask of a bearded man, and standing on three scroll legs with shell feet. Of circular section with an elongated neck embossed with two shells above a moulded girdle. The lower part of the body is almost hemispherical and has a band of applied ornament. It stands on three scroll legs with shell feet and capitals. The spout has a hinged cover, and at its base is a mask of a bearded man. The domed cover is embossed with two shells and a band of scrolling foliage round the cast bud finial. The harp-shaped handle is capped with an acanthus leaf above a border of husks. The jug is constructed in several sections by raising and casting. The parts are soldered and the border applied. It is decorated by embossing and chasing. Silver, height, to top of finial, 30.1 cm, width, spout to handle, 22.8 cm, weight, gross, 1812 g, 1741. Production Note: Maker's mark, IP not identified. Accessioned as a coffee pot.

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Accession Number: M.66-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 70
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1050 pixels
Image width: 725 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 553.02kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2007:08:10 19:33:19

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18th Century acanthus applied Austrian buds chased cover covered jug domed domes embossed finial Fitz_AA flower bud flowers handle handled jug lidded mask masks raised sea shell seashells service ware serving piece shells Silver silverware spout spouted tableware vessel

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