A Victorian silver wine ewer
Daniel and Charles Houle doublestruck, London 1861, duty mark
Ovoid form, with elongated tapering neck, the hinged cover with a cast and chased grape and vine leaf finial, a high scroll handle embossed with bark effect, circling vine tendrils and ivory insulators, the whole profusely decorated in high and low relief with floral and foliate panels against a matt ground, the rest plain polished, a shaped oval vacant cartouche surrounded by foliate c-scrolls both front and back, all raised on a circular pedestal foot with repoussé and chased floral borders, height 37cm, weight 32oz.
Footnotes:
The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). With non-transferable reference (929PB89E).
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * Y Ф
* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.
Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.