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Jug, hot water
Jug with hinged cover, on shallow stepped and spreading foot, the rim gadrooned; pear shaped body, ornamented with concave flutes, moulded rib at the shoulders with narrow band of lappets below, tall plain neck spreading slightly to lip, small up-turned spout with fluted hemispherical terminal, below which is engraved a coat of arms, quarterly of four; prominant tapering S-scroll handle with two ivory insulating rings, hinged shallow stepped, and domed cover, with gadrooned rim, baluster finial and bifurcated scroll thumb piece.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 50352
Creation/Production
Smith, John I
Date: 1700 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 6/3/1958
Measurements
Height
(cm): 30.5
Length
(cm): 19
Width
(cm): 12.5
Height
(in): 12
Length
(in): 7
Width
(in): 4
Weight
(gr): 1310.9
Weight
(troy): 42
Techniques
embossed
decoration
Applied Art
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
cast
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver
Location
National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
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