FRENCH 18TH CENTURY BRASS WATER EWER

We haven't featured any metal work on our home page for some time, and can think of nothing better to highlight now than this very handsome and lustrously patinated brass French ewer from the first half of the 18th century.

This elegantly shaped brass water ewer has a beautifully moulded sweeping handle, a typical short spout and a base embellished with gadrooning, with remains of silvering underneath the base.
French, circa 1720 - 30

Height 8 1/2" (21.5cm)