A Swedish Silver-Mounted Etched and Cut-Glass Claret Jug , Lars Larson & Co., Stockholm, 1878

A Swedish Silver-Mounted Etched and Cut-Glass Claret Jug , Lars Larson & Co., Stockholm, 1878

the baluster glass body faceted below the silver girdle, above it finely etched with Renaissance-style strapwork supporting urns of fruit and foliate sprays, silver foot with paired chimeras, neck with panels of strapwork centered by masks, on matted grounds, matching hinged cover with openwork finial, scroll handle raising the cover when gripped, marked right of handle LL & Co and Z5 with crowned head mark

Height 13 3/4 in.

34.9 cm