Lot 260

A continental novelty figure

Auction: 28 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
£780
Description
with marks for Ausburg, in the form of a drunk king or jester, the barrel form body with moulded girdle set with collet set green and red cabochons, the upper and lower sections embossed with bacchanalian figures and fruiting vines, the figures arms holding a jug in one hand and a chalice in the other, the pull off cover with loosely fitted crowned head (also set with green and red cabochons), the domed circular base similar decorated
Dimensions
26cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
From the estate of the Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour of Montrave, Fife.
