French Amber Glass Silver Plate Pheasant/Grouse Game Hunting Claret Jug 20th C

A wonderful silver plate and gilt novelty decanter or ewer in the form of an owl with wonderfully described silver plated mounts, a lush ruby red glass body, and intense amber eyes. ...

This is a fantastic and hard-to-find drinks set: a group of Gucci-attributed silver plated hunting themed stirrup cups on a hunting themed silver plated tray, made in Italy in the 19...

A superb mid century wild boar-themed drinks set, comprising a boar’s head decanter with six boar’s head stirrup cups and matching tray, made in Spain in c. 1960. The boar’s head dec...

A delightful and rare wild boar-themed silver plate ice bucket made by Valenti in Spain in c. 1960. The lid of the ice bucket is surmounted by a wonderful cast bronze wild boar’s h...

Antique 20th Century Victorian solid silver & glass dog shaped claret jug. The jug features a meticulously crafted glass body, shaped to resemble a dog. A collar of gilt sterling sil...

Antique early 20th Century English solid silver & glass dog shaped claret jug. The jug features a meticulously crafted glass body, shaped to resemble a dog. A sterling silver collar ...

Antique early-20th Century English solid silver and mounted on Spode Copeland's China novelty wine jug, in the form of a standing cockatoo, set with coloured glass eyes and white porcelain body imitating textured plumage, mounted with a realistically modelled silver head and feet. Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Sheffield, year 1912 (u), Maker A&CoLt (Asprey & Co Ltd). The world-famous English luxury manufacturer and retailer Asprey & Co started as a small silk printing business by William Asprey in Mitcham, Surrey. Soon the company largely expanded its offering by purchasing some other firms. By 1847 Asprey moved to its iconic premises at New Bond Street in London and established its flagship store, where one could buy all ranges of exquisite goods, from books to dressing cases with silver details. At the International Exhibition in 1862, Asprey high-quality dressing cases won a gold medal, which brought the company a worldwide reputation for exquisite craftsmanship. The Royal Warrant, which was awarded by her Majesty Queen Victoria the same year, just perpetuated that reputation. Since then, Asprey has received a Royal Warrant from every British monarch. Besides dressing cases, the company produced and retailed a wide range of exclusive goods, including silver, gold, jewelry, stationery, cutlery, tableware, etc. In the 20th century, commissions poured from all over the world and by the 1920s Asprey created them not only for British Royalty, but for foreign Royals and heads of states as well. The most sensational orders of all were the exquisite pearl necklace for Queen Mary and the teak and silver traveling trunks for the five beloved wives of the Maharaja of Patiala. The 20s and 30s were the golden era of the Art Deco style, of which Asprey was a big adopter, many of its luxury goods from that time became iconic, such as Asprey cigarette cases...

Unusual antique Victorian glass and silver plated claret jug having an unusual glass and silver plated German claret jug with a silver plated top with a bird mounted to the top and a...