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What are stirrup cups used for?
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Stirrup cups were traditionally used for giving a drink to someone on horseback. Most often, people presented them to those about to depart for hunts. As a result, many have deer, fox, dog or duck etchings. Find a variety of stirrup cups on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
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Gucci Silver Horse Stirrup Cup
By Gucci
Located in New York, NY
Gucci silver horse stirrup cup. Vintage Italian silverplate horse head stirrup cup with gold wash
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Barware
Materials
Silver Plate
Mauro Manetti Style Boar Head Stirrup Cups
By Gucci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mauro Manetti classic style stirrup cup, is of plain beaker form with a cast boar head to one end
Category
Mid-20th Century English Elizabethan Barware
Materials
Brass, Silver Plate, Pewter
Elizabeth II Style Fox Head Stirrup Cups
By Gucci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Classic Elizabeth II style stirrup cups, is of plain beaker form with a cast foxes head to one end
Category
Mid-20th Century English Elizabethan Barware
Materials
Brass, Pewter
$495 / set
Cast English Sterling Silver Dog Stirrup Cup
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive contemporary cast sterling silver stirrup cup modeled in the
Category
2010s British Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
21st Century Sterling Silver Fox Head Stirrup Cup
By James R. Biggins 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive contemporary cast sterling silver stirrup cup modelled in the
Category
2010s British Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century English Staffordshire Equestrian Fox Stirrup Cup
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine 19th century English Staffordshire fox hunting stirrup cup. This charming stirrup cup is in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain