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Monumental Rare English Sterling Figural Covered Cup.
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Pre 1900 stock# UKN10
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Albion Antiques Ltd
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SOLD
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This is a fabulous cup. I have been admiring the sheer extravagance of the workmanship for the past week and I am beginning to feel like Gollum and the Ring. The center has two panels of mythological scenes. One is of Diana the huntress. The other is of Apollo-Helios, the Sun God, also known as Sol Invictus. Both are on horse-driven chariots surrounded by nymphs. The scenes are of such high relief they practically leap out of the cup. These panels are swathed with heavy floral wreaths. The handl ...click for details
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Indian Colonial Sterling Decanter Set..
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Pre 1900 stock# UKS20
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Albion Antiques Ltd
44 (0)7989153957
$ 2500
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This is a very good quality but highly intriguing set. There are 2 decanters and 10 cups with identical engraving and 2 other cups, indentical in form, size and wrigglework along the rim, but lacking the crest and having a monogram 'D'. They are well executed in the Oriental style with very fine engraved decoration, but bear a Western crest of a raised lion clutching a curved spear/axe above a motto ' CONSTANS CONTRARIA SPERNIT'. On the base of the decanters is the maker 'Gr ...click for details
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