A Victorian silver-gilt mounted wine ewer

MAKER'S MARK OF EDWARD DIMES, LONDON, 1894

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A Victorian silver-gilt mounted wine ewer
maker's mark of Edward Dimes, London, 1894
The pear-shaped clear glass body on hexafoil foot with foliate angles and openwork trailing foliage border, the body mount pierced with stylised foliage, palm fronds and coronets, the scroll handle with acanthus leaf terminal, the neck mount with gothic tranceried gallery and hinged cover with cross-shaped thumbpiece and openwork gothic canopy finial surmounted by a crown, the base engraved with inscription, marked on foot mount and cover
12in. (30cm.) high