Ewer, gilt
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1812
Mediumsilver gilt
Dimensions11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm.)
DescriptionThis wine ewer is decorated with grapevine swags hung from a ram's mask below the spout and a fully-modeled satyr who is clasping the neck of the ewer and gripping the ram's horns.
InscribedInscribed: PC [fully marked on the face of the foot]; From John Tennant/To Archd Campbell Douglas/October 10 1867 [engraved on face of the foot]
MarkingsMark;
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mrs. Richard Schweppe
Status
On viewObject number61.11
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
porcelain: 18th Century; decoration: probably 19th Century
Object number: 27.81