Victorian era Brass and Copper Hot Water Jug Hydra Meerschaum is a very rare

Meerschaum is a very rare mineral

their plain brown and grey-fawn plumage with tell-tale black cheek spots

tubelined decorated with a three adult polar bears and a cub in an Arctic landscape

He is referenced in the Belgian Artist directory Arto and is mentioned in Two Centuries of Artists Signatures in Belgium

Victorian era Brass and Copper Hot Water Jug Hydra Meerschaum is a very rareVictorian era Brass and Copper Hot Water Jug An English item made in the Turkish or Arabic Dallah style A beautiful, genuinely old example with the right amount of heft there is some dents to the side and base footrim but that just makes for a talking point or story they were made to be used and made to survive all the knocks and bumps of a Victorian kitchen! Perfect for creating the Country kitchen look and hanging from ladders in the ceiling c. 1875