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Charles Fox Claret Jug

Jug #: 574
Origin: England
Date: 1891
Artist/Maker: Charles Fox
Type/Style: Engraved

Victorian silver mounted clear glass Claret Jug on a rising circular foot with a caryatid scroll handle and rococo scrolling foliate finial, the glass body cut with masks, strap work, birds, animals and floral and foliate swage, the silver mounts with similar chased decoration; London, 1891. This "Cellini" Design was very popular. There are 3 variations all silver, all glass body and part glass, part silver as this example. Ht: 12 1/4".
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