Sandbanks Antiques has dated this Silver Monkey Claret Jug to the Victorian era.
Yellow glass body.
Clear glass tail-form handle.
Sterling silver hind paws and shoulder mount with hinged and chained head.
Buckled collar with German script and the name Lulu.
Realistically modelled as a seated monkey with yellow glass body, the head hinging at the mouth.
Gilt interior.
Fully marked.
Height 30cm approx
Provenance:- Property from a private collection, UK
Provenance:
Of the very few examples of this model known, none feature the yellow glass body of the present lot. A clear glass bodied example of 1882 by the same maker, was sold Sotheby's Belgravia, 15 December 1977, lot 369. Two clear glass bodied examples can also be found in the Kent Collection of claret jugs (numbers 616 & 712, the later of which was made in the same year).
Of the very few examples of this model known, none feature a yellow glass body****
Sandbanks Antiques has dated this Silver Monkey Claret Jug to the Victorian era.
Specialising in antique silver, gold boxes, gold coins and objects de vertu. Rare fine-quality imperial chinese porcelain, jades, cloisonné
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A Rare Victorian 19th Century Silver-mounted Novelty Monkey Claret Jug, London, 1893
