Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver cow creamer; an addition to our 19th Century silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver creamer has been realistically modelled in the form of a cow.
The plain body of this antique silver creamer is embellished with details reproducing the fine definition of the cow's facial and anatomical features.
The jug is fitted with a hinged cover, surmounted with an impressive cast and applied finial realistically modelled in the form of a fly.
This impressive Victorian silver cow creamer is fitted with a loop handle, modelled in the form of the cow's tail.
The hallmarks to the underside and hind leg of this cow creamer include:
Maker's mark: SBL (Samuel Boyce (or Boaz) Landeck)
British assay mark: Leopard head (London, England)
Silver quality/purity mark: British lion passant mark, 930, Dutch lion rampant mark with 1st standard purity (minimum .934, 934/1000)*
Export mark: Key mark intruding lion passant
Additional mark: F (foreign manufacture mark)
Such antique Dutch sterling silver examples are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
* The country of origin hallmarked this item with the standard mark 930/lion rampant mark and once imported into Britain the silver purity was tested and hallmarks struck reaffirming the silver is a minimum of sterling standard.
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This antique 19th century cow creamer...
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English Victorian Antique 1890s Tableware