Arts & Crafts silver-plated jug, inset 1723 shilling, c. 1900

$395.00 AUD

Unusual English Arts & Crafts covered jug, the hand-beaten  body with electroplate finish, modelled on an 18th century form,  with receding beaded detail beneath the spout, the thick handle with heart-shaped thumb piece to hinge, the tall domed lid with inset original George II silver coin dated 1723 .

Unmarked, with minute ‘2’ inside lid

Circa 1900

14cm high

An unusual piece reminiscent of the various Guilds of handicraft, active in the Arts & Crafts movement

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