Antique Irish Sterling Silver Cup

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...

A fine and collectable antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta case with billiard interest, an addition to our sports related silverware collection. This fine Edwardian sterling silver vesta case has a plain circular form. The anterior surface of this antique sterling silver case is embellished with a chased decorated scene depicting a billiard room with seated characters to the background and male figures playing to the foreground. The reverse surface and sides of the case are plain and unembellished. This piece is fitted with a hinged spring cover and ring loop attachment to the side. This fine antique sterling silver case incorporates a serrated panel/match striker to the underside. Condition This antique vesta case...

This antique sterling silver Christening cup was made in England in approximately 1848 in the period Early Victorian style. The front o...

Large, sterling silver-mounted threaded crystal, cup-form match striker, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1897, Charles Mappin (of Mappin Brothers) - maker. Measures 4 inches...