Claret Jug
1861-1862 (made)
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The maker of this jug, George Fox, ran a successful manufacturing silversmiths in London supplying a number of retail establishments. His biggest customer was Lambert and Rawlings, for whom he made silver in styles from the past or, as here, with subject matter inspired by a historic event. On this claret jug an engraved panel shows the 16th-century explorer and courtier Walter Raleigh being knighted by Elizabeth I. The jug was presented to Henry Spencer Ashbee, merchant, bibliophile and collector, who was the father of C.R. Ashbee, founder of the Guild of Handicraft.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, cast handle with protective ivory strips |
| Brief description | Silver, London hallmarks for 1861-2, mark of George Fox |
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| Object history | H.S. Ashbee, merchant, bibliophile and collector, was the father of C.R. Ashbee, who founded the Guild of Handicraft in 1888. An engraved panel shows Walter Raleigh being knighted by Elizabeth I. Ashbee, a merchant and book collector, was the father of the leading Arts and Crafts designer, Charles Robert Ashbee. C.R.Ashbee was looked after by a niece, as his parents were estranged in his early manhood, to whom he left many of his possessions other than his books & paintings (which came to the British Museum & the V&A). |
| Summary | The maker of this jug, George Fox, ran a successful manufacturing silversmiths in London supplying a number of retail establishments. His biggest customer was Lambert and Rawlings, for whom he made silver in styles from the past or, as here, with subject matter inspired by a historic event. On this claret jug an engraved panel shows the 16th-century explorer and courtier Walter Raleigh being knighted by Elizabeth I. The jug was presented to Henry Spencer Ashbee, merchant, bibliophile and collector, who was the father of C.R. Ashbee, founder of the Guild of Handicraft. |
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| Accession number | M.17-1973 |
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| Record created | March 3, 2004 |
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