Early George III Embossed Cream Jug

of baluster form on a pedestal foot with a punch bead border with leaf capped double scroll handle, the embossing to the body depicting a farm yard scene and arguably an Aesop’s fable (‘Fox and Grapes’), Thomas Shepherd London 1779

Notes: embossed scene referenced and discussed Luddington, J, ‘Starting to Collect Silver’, Antique Collector’s Club,1984, Suffolk, p. 10

Measurements:

height 11 cm weight 85 grams

Provenance:

Estate of the late Dr Dominic Louis Serventy

• EStimate $300 - $400
• sold $540 Incl BP