Silver-gilt pitcher with high neck and pouring spout, hinged lid, ornately shaped handle, on high stem-foot. The body is modelled in the form of a ship with the figure of a sea‑dragon on the bow. The bow of the ship is flanked by symmetrically arranged cast figures of Tritons blowing into conch shells. The lower section of the body is decorated on both sides with relief narrative compositions featuring marine creatures. The body upper part is shaped as waves. The neck is decorated with a scale pattern and a frieze of applied shells. The spout and hinged lid are fashioned as a bivalve shell with a cast figure of a dolphin serving as a thumb piece. The S-scroll handle is topped by a half-figure of a naiad supporting the lid. The stem of the foot is decorated with four cast half-figures of hippocampi ridden by putti, along with mascarons, tridents, and oars.

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