SILVER CLARET JUG. ANSELMO PRIOR AND MASON. VITORIA, SPAIN, 1816-1846.
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Reference: ZF1042
Jug. Silver. Anselmo Prior y Mason. Vitoria, Spain, between 1816 and 1846. With contrast marks. Silver jug in its colour with a square base that serves as a support for the circular foot decorated with a band of eggs and ending in a scalloped shape, which gives way to the oval body, engraved with architectural, plant and animal elements; practically tubular neck with a band of egg motifs and another at the top with architectural elements, and a soft spout; lid with a swan, and the handle has a Medusa head in the area where it joins the body, a series of bands of architectural motifs and, creating a curve and towards the mouth, a two-headed snake that seems to intend to attack the bird. Typologically, the jug clearly responds to neoclassical models of the 19th century both in its lines and in some of its decorative elements (some close to the French school and others somewhat more common in the English school), adding to this base some details more common in Spanish works. The hallmarks, located at the base of the piece, link its creation in Vitoria, with the hallmark called Maison (actually 18th-19th centuries, probably as a hallmark in the 19th century) and the silversmith named Prior. Anselmo Prior was a master dated between 1816 and 1846. There is evidence of a head reliquary marked by both of the Eleven Thousand Virgins in the parish church of Alegría (Álava, Spain). Weight: 992 grams.
· Size: 15x12x30 cms
2.200 €
