Australian Sterling Silver Claret Jug with Engraved Horse Racing Scene
An Australian sterling silver claret jug attributed to Edward Fischer, Geelong, of baluster form with scroll handle, the body engraved with foliate work around two cartouches featuring an engraved scene of two horses racing & 'Hay jockey club Member's cup 1877. Won by Mr C Cox's grey gelding 'Silvertail, marks on the base 'Sterling' & ' silver, llustrated: Hawkins, Australian Silver1800-1900, page 115-116., two identical examples of E Fischer silver claret jugs were previously sold at Bonhams & Goodman, Sydney 2008 & Lawsons Vizard Foundation Lot 85
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Engraving - The method of decorating or creating inscriptions on silver and other metal objects by marking the surface with a sharp instrument such as a diamond point or rotating cutting wheel.
- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
- Sterling Silver - Sterling silver is a mixture of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper. Fine silver is 99.9% pure silver, and is relatively soft and the addition of the very small amount of copper gives the metal enough strength and hardness to be worked into jewellery, decorative and household objects.
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