helmet-form, applied with straps incorporating draped heads, chased with bands of varying scrollwork on a matted ground, below an applied guilloche banded girdle, a mask applied below the spout, ornate caryatid handle, on a ribbon-tied reeded girdled stem and similarly Regence chased spreading circular foot, engraved with a monogram

Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1986, lot 59

Stamped BAR to rim of foot. Another mark, possibly conjoined 'MA' also stamped but very rubbed. Body and foot detach by screw-threaded junction. Assay scrapes to bot interior and handle. Repair to approximate 1cm section to applied guilloche girdle. Bruise to top front right section where it flares out (visible only to inside). Slightly crude finish around lower handle junction. Monogram is later, erased previously at this point.
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