A Victorian silver gilt mounted cut glass claret jug

£600 - £800 £1,300

A Victorian silver gilt mounted cut glass claret jug, etched with racing charioteers and floral swags around the body, embossed decoration with fruiting vine and bead borders, openwork thumb piece, crested convex cartouche, inscribed 'Presented to the officers mess Royal London Militia By Captain John Birkin on Retirement 1878', by W & G Sissons, Sheffield 1870.