Old Cup In Sterling Silver

Pair of lamps in sterling silver with filigree Elegant pair of solid silver lamps worked with filegree and cabochons of classic roman busts. One of ...

French XIX century umbrella stand in silvered and gilded brass. Excellent condition. Measurements: 56 cm height

An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver cup; an addition to our Victorian silverware collection This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver presentation cup has a campania shaped form to a circular domed foot. The bulbous, shaped lower portion of this silver cup is embellished with impressive chased and embossed leaf and floral decoration. The plain tapering surface of the cup incorporates the contemporary engraved coat of arms depicting a chevron between three roses, barbed, seeded on a chief of the second a lion passant guardant between two closed books paleways, clasped and garnished of the last, the clasps to the dexter, all above the motto 'Virtus vera nobilitas' - Virtue is true nobility*. The opposing side of this presentation piece incorporates the contemporary engraved inscription 'This Oration Prize the legacy of Dr Hooper adjudged to John Maurice Schulhof by Trinity college Cambridge, 1880' The upper rim of the cup is encompassed with an applied moulded decorated border. This impressive Victorian cup...

This sterling silver goblet is very unique. Very few were made at the time and rarely come on the market. There is a symmetrical pattern around the body and base that is reminiscen...