Chased in high-relief with a scene after Sir Edwin Landseer's The Otter Speared, Portrait of the Earl of Aberdeen's Otterhounds, depicting the Earl spearing an otter accompanied by hounds in a wooded landscape, one side engraved with a coat-of-arms and two crests, the spout, loop handle, hinged cover, and stepped foot chased with rocaille and flowers, with a hound finial, marked to side near coat-of-arms
11³⁄₄ in. (30 cm.) high
53 oz. 18 dwt. (1,676 gr.)

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The arms are of Lister quartering Cunliffe for the husband, and Greenwood quartered by another for the wife.

Edwin Landseer (1802 - 1873) was born in London as the son of engraver John Landseer A.R.A. (1762 - 1852). After studying under his father, as well as history painter Benjamin Robert Haydon, Landseer exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy at age 13 in 1815, was elected an Associate at 24, and then made a full Academician in 1831. Though he painted a number of portraits throughout his career, Landseer was best known for his depictions of animals, the most famous of which is likely The Monarch of the Glen, which depicts a noble stag in the Scottish highlands. Landseer's work The Otter Speared, the Earl of Aberdeen's Otterhounds, which is the basis for the scene found on the present lot, was painted circa 1844, and is currently in the collection of the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle Upon Tyne.