SILVER CLARET JUG. ANSELMO PRIOR AND MASON. VITORIA, SPAIN, 1816-1846.
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Silver
Reference: ZF1042
Pitcher. Silver. Anselmo Prior y Mason. Vitoria, Spain, between 1816 and 1846. With contrasting marks. Silver jug in its natural color with a square base supporting the circular foot decorated with a band of egg-and-dart motifs and ending in a scalloped shape, which gives way to the egg-and-dart body, engraved with architectural, plant and animal elements; a practically tubular neck with a band of egg-and-dart motifs and another at the top with architectural elements, and a smooth spout; the lid features a swan, and the handle presents a Medusa head where it joins the body, a series of bands of architectural motifs and, creating a curve towards the mouth, a two-headed snake that seems to be about to attack the bird. Typologically, the jug clearly corresponds to 19th-century neoclassical models in both its lines and 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 on the base of the piece link its creation to Vitoria, Spain, with the hallmark known as Maison (active in the 18th-19th centuries, likely as a hallmark in the 19th century) and the silversmith named Prior. Anselmo Prior was a master craftsman who worked between 1816 and 1846. A reliquary depicting the head of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, marked by both of them, is known to exist in the parish church of Alegría (Álava, Spain). Weight: 992 grams.
· Size: 15x12x30 cms
2.200 €
