Stunning English Sterling Silver Pair Loving Cups Mappin & Webb

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Stunning English Sterling Silver Pair Loving Cups Mappin & Webb :
$1399.00

RARE PAIR OF ENGLISH STERLING SILVER CUPS

PLEASED TO OFFER A WONDERFULMATCHED PAIR OF LOVING CUPSFROM BRITISH SILVERSMITH MAPPIN & WEBB.

INCREDIBLE WORKMANSHIP IN HEAVY GAUGE STERLING WITH CAREFUL ATTENTION TO DETAIL, MAKE THESE TRULY A SPECIAL FIND. GORGEOUS CIRCULAR REPOUSSE BODYWITH GENTLY FLARED LIP.A CONTINIOUS REPOUSSE PATTERN OFGRADUATED LEAFY BOWERSENTWINED AND TOPPED WITHBERRIES, ON A HAND MOTTLED BACKGROUND. TOWARDS THE BASE ARE FINE VERTICAL LINES THAT BORDER A SCROLL AND CROW FEET PATTERN, CULMINATING IN AN EXTENDED FLAT AND BEADED EDGE. EACH CUP HAS THREE HANDLES TOPPED WITHFIGURAL BEARDED HEADS IN CAPS. SLENDER CURVED HANDLES TAPER WITH A FLORAL BUTTON INTO A CLASSIC CARVED BLOCK FEET. EVEN THE INTERIOR PARTS OF EACH HANDLE ARE CARVED AND ENGRAVED. THE INTERIOR OF EACH CUP IS IN AS NEW CONDITION WITH NO PITTING, POCKS, OR SPOTS, AMAZING CONSIDERING ALMOST 120 YEAR OLD.

CLEARLY PUUNCHED WITH THE CLASSICENGLISH HALLMARKS OF A LION PASSANT FOR BRITISHSILVER, ASSAYED STAMP OF THE LEOPARDS HEAD FOR LONDON, AND DATE STAMPS OF \"T\" AND \"U\" FOR 1894-5. PROBABLY MADE IN DECEMBER AND JANURARY OF TWO YEARS AS EACH PIECE MAY HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN 30 DAYS TO CREATE. THE MAKERS MARK OF J.N.H. WITHIN A SHIELD IS FOR JOHN NEWTON MAPPIN WHO ONLY CREATED PIECES FOR 10 YEARS . EACH CUP STAMPED ON THE BASE MAPPIN & WEBB, LONDON AND A UNIQUE PUNCH OF A SMALL CROSS.

THESE GORGEOUS CUPS STAND 4 INCHES TALL AND 3 AND 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND WEIGH 178 GRAMS EACH FOR A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS (11.5OZ)

Bowl, box, buckle, caddy spoon, claret jug, creamer, flatware, mug, napkin ring, salt, tazza, teapot, vanity jar top Royal Cutlery Works, Norfolk Street, Sheffield

1887..1897
(registered Oct 1886) Mappin & Webb (John Newton Mappin)