Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Presentation Cup and Cover (1848)

A magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver cup, an addition to Victorian silverware collection. ...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German sterling silver cup and cover; an addition to our antique presentation silverware collection. This exceptional antique German sterling silver cup & cover has a bulbous circular shaped form onto a shaped pedestal foot. The lobed body of the cup is embellished with chased decorated scenes incorporating: a putto raising a glass and playing a musical instrument, a stag, a unicorn and an elephant. The upper portion of the body is encompassed with a paralleling cast and applied stylised rope twist border, accented with a collet set round faceted cut gemstone to each incurve, with a scrolling leaf decorated bracket to the underside. This impressive presentation cup retains the original hallmarked cover, ornamented with a continuation of the leaf bracket to each incurve, in addition to a reflection of chased decorated scenes. The cover is surmounted with an exceptional cast figural finial comprised of a putto figure holding a glass and cluster of grapes, sat to a large plain ball. The impressive baluster shaped pedestal is encompassed to the upper portion with four semi-circular shaped bifurcating bracket designs, each accent with a further collet set gem. The lower bell-shaped portion of the pedestal and base are encompassed with egg and lobed decoration, each incorporating a matte background. The hallmarks struck to this German silver cup...

Large antique Victorian silver loving cup and cover English, 1881 Height 40cm, width 13.5cm, depth 13.5cm This large antique cup and cover is a traditional ‘loving cup’, an ornamen...

An impressive silver beer jug with high-relief, chased scenes of a stag hunt among scrolling foliage and floral designs. This substantial piece, made by a fine silversmith, has a cas...