Lot 1: A 1914 Birmingham Sterling Silver Cream Jug

A 1914 sterling silver cream jug of baluster form, featuring a wide flared rim with a pointed pouring spout and a C-scroll handle with a circular thumbpiece. The exterior is decorated with repoussé foliate scrollwork and floral motifs against a matted ground, bordered by a band of stylised trefoil motifs at the shoulder and a scalloped lower edge. The interior of the vessel is gilt. The upper body near the rim bears four struck hallmark punches: the maker’s mark K.D for Krinks & Davies (Henry Krinks & John Davies) in a rectangular cartouche with clipped corners, the anchor assay mark for Birmingham, the lion passant for sterling silver, and the Gothic lowercase date letter p.

Weight: 39.24g.