Lot 259
AN EARLY VICTORIAN IRISH LARGE EWER OR JUG
in the form of a vase with an ivory-insulated foliate scroll handle, the body decorated in high relief with stiff leaves & a floral frieze, the upper neck & spout chased and shaped to resemble a shell, the cover similarly decorated, capped by a bunch of grapes finial, resting on a matted, rising circular foot with embossed shells & grapes, by Robert W. Smith, Dublin 1837; 13.75 (35 cms) high; 50.4 oz
