CHARLES DICKENS' GIFT TO HIS EDITOR A VICTORIAN SILVER CLARET-JUG
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1859
CHARLES DICKENS' GIFT TO HIS EDITOR A VICTORIAN SILVER CLARET-JUG MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1859 Of ascos form, with matted surface, the lip set with two cast goats, the bifurcated handle cast with foliage and centring a winged putto, the interior gilt, the handle engraved with an inscription, marked near rim, the foot further stamped 'Hunt & Roskell Late Storr & Mortimer 218' 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high 31 oz. 10 dwt. (979 gr.) Together with DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Charles Dickens as Editor being letters written by him to William Henry Wills his sub-editor selected and edited by R.C. Lehmann. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912. 8° (220 x 140mm). 4 photogravure portraits. (Occasional very light spotting.) Original red cloth (spine faded, extremities lightly rubbed). The inscription on the claret jug reads 'Will m Henry Wills From Charles Dickens '. (2)
CHARLES DICKENS' GIFT TO HIS EDITOR A VICTORIAN SILVER CLARET-JUG
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1859
CHARLES DICKENS' GIFT TO HIS EDITOR A VICTORIAN SILVER CLARET-JUG MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1859 Of ascos form, with matted surface, the lip set with two cast goats, the bifurcated handle cast with foliage and centring a winged putto, the interior gilt, the handle engraved with an inscription, marked near rim, the foot further stamped 'Hunt & Roskell Late Storr & Mortimer 218' 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high 31 oz. 10 dwt. (979 gr.) Together with DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Charles Dickens as Editor being letters written by him to William Henry Wills his sub-editor selected and edited by R.C. Lehmann. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912. 8° (220 x 140mm). 4 photogravure portraits. (Occasional very light spotting.) Original red cloth (spine faded, extremities lightly rubbed). The inscription on the claret jug reads 'Will m Henry Wills From Charles Dickens '. (2)
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