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What are stirrup cups used for?

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What are stirrup cups used for?
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 Moreno Valley, 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

Silver Plate, Pewter, Brass

Staffordshire Pottery Bulldog Stirrup Cup
By Staffordshire
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fierce Elegance: The Staffordshire Bulldog Stirrup Cup, A Gentleman's Companion: Staffordshire
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Pottery

Materials

Ceramic, Pearlware, Pottery

Elizabeth II Style Fox Head Stirrup Cups
By Gucci
Located in Moreno Valley, 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

Pewter, Brass

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

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