ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER & GLASS 'WHISKY BARREL' ICE BUCKET c.1899
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver and frosted glass ice bucket a swinging handle in a shape of a whisky barrel. A wonderful example of Victorian creativity and ingenuity with this rather fabulous cut-glass ice or biscuit barrel with solid silver mounts and handle. The glass body is finely and realistically engraved with staves and hoops mimicking a whisky barell - fitting when one considers this piece loaded with ice and a readied near your finest bottle of Scotch! Similar examples do exist with more standard glass bodies and silver-plated mounts but every element of this box, other thant the glass is the finest solid silver. If you were not already sold, it made by the esteemed silversmith / retailers Mappin & Webb, the historic british luxury retailer with a long and distinguished history and multiple Royal Warrants since 1897.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Sheffield, year 1899 (d), Makers mark M&W (Mappin & Webb). This fine piece is as relevant today as it was then, it makes a fantastic statement piece and wonderful as part of a collection of barware in the modern home and for alfresco dining.
Reference Number: J9270
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver and frosted glass ice bucket a swinging handle in a shape of a whisky barrel. A wonderful example of Victorian creativity and ingenuity with this rather fabulous cut-glass ice or biscuit barrel with solid silver mounts and handle. The glass body is finely and realistically engraved with staves and hoops mimicking a whisky barell - fitting when one considers this piece loaded with ice and a readied near your finest bottle of Scotch! Similar examples do exist with more standard glass bodies and silver-plated mounts but every element of this box, other thant the glass is the finest solid silver. If you were not already sold, it made by the esteemed silversmith / retailers Mappin & Webb, the historic british luxury retailer with a long and distinguished history and multiple Royal Warrants since 1897.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Sheffield, year 1899 (d), Makers mark M&W (Mappin & Webb). This fine piece is as relevant today as it was then, it makes a fantastic statement piece and wonderful as part of a collection of barware in the modern home and for alfresco dining.
Reference Number: J9270
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver and frosted glass ice bucket a swinging handle in a shape of a whisky barrel. A wonderful example of Victorian creativity and ingenuity with this rather fabulous cut-glass ice or biscuit barrel with solid silver mounts and handle. The glass body is finely and realistically engraved with staves and hoops mimicking a whisky barell - fitting when one considers this piece loaded with ice and a readied near your finest bottle of Scotch! Similar examples do exist with more standard glass bodies and silver-plated mounts but every element of this box, other thant the glass is the finest solid silver. If you were not already sold, it made by the esteemed silversmith / retailers Mappin & Webb, the historic british luxury retailer with a long and distinguished history and multiple Royal Warrants since 1897.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Sheffield, year 1899 (d), Makers mark M&W (Mappin & Webb). This fine piece is as relevant today as it was then, it makes a fantastic statement piece and wonderful as part of a collection of barware in the modern home and for alfresco dining.
Reference Number: J9270
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver and frosted glass ice bucket a swinging handle in a shape of a whisky barrel. A wonderful example of Victorian creativity and ingenuity with this rather fabulous cut-glass ice or biscuit barrel with solid silver mounts and handle. The glass body is finely and realistically engraved with staves and hoops mimicking a whisky barell - fitting when one considers this piece loaded with ice and a readied near your finest bottle of Scotch! Similar examples do exist with more standard glass bodies and silver-plated mounts but every element of this box, other thant the glass is the finest solid silver. If you were not already sold, it made by the esteemed silversmith / retailers Mappin & Webb, the historic british luxury retailer with a long and distinguished history and multiple Royal Warrants since 1897.
Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), Sheffield, year 1899 (d), Makers mark M&W (Mappin & Webb). This fine piece is as relevant today as it was then, it makes a fantastic statement piece and wonderful as part of a collection of barware in the modern home and for alfresco dining.
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 15.5cm
Width: 12cm