French Silver and Glass Claret Jug

fourth quarter 19th century, by Alfred Hector for Leon Lapar, Paris, the colorless gourd-shaped glass body engraved with spiral lobes, the silver collar decorated with coquilles, bellflowers and roses on a diapered ground, the integral spout with hinged lid and coquille billet, joined by the acanthus-crested imbricate double C-scroll handle to the acanthus-crested gadrooned foot ring.

Estimate:$900

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