Pilgrim bottle (one of a pair)

William Elliott British

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These bottles (see mate 2016.710.2) are early nineteenth century copies of a pair of Baroque vessels made in 1690. Though the form is derived from seventeenth-century wine bottles, these examples were only intended to be used as part of a grand display in the dining room. In the early nineteenth century, the appreciation of antique silver was novel, and these are early examples of the antiquarian taste.

Pilgrim bottle (one of a pair), William Elliott (British, London 1762–1854 London), Gilt silver, cork, British, London

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