Lot 111
Rare Elizabeth I silver gilt mounted tiger ware jug, London 1574, maker's mark indistinct, possibly a flowerhead within a beaded border, baluster brown stoneware mottled body possibly of Cologne or Frechen origin, mounted with a silver gilt hinged cover detailed with masks and fruits, and with a lion's mask thumbpiece, opening to reveal a heraldic crest to the inside cover and hallmarked to the cover, over neck mounts and capped handle, engraved with birds at the water's edge, further hallmarked, the circular foot also mounted and worked with stylised leaves, height 23cmProvenance: Antique Dealer's Fair 1949 into a local private collection and thence by descent
