Selected Silver and Objects of Vertu

A Victorian silver Askos jug,
by John Samuel Hunt of Hunt & Roskell, London 1865,


of matted finish, with foliate decorated handle and cherub below, the lip mounted each side with a recumbant horned goat, the foot rim engraved ‘HUNT & ROSKELL LATE STORR MORTIMER & HUNT 2621’, height 22cm.




£2,000-£3,000

Sotheby’s, Sale 6 June 2002, Lot 104.

The askos is an antique hemispherical vase with a neck and a semi-circular handle.
This vase recalls the shape of goatskin skins used in antiquity to contain liquids.