Superb Asprey Vintage Novelty Top Hat Sterling Silver Spirit Measure Stirrup Cup

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Superb Asprey Vintage Novelty Top Hat Sterling Silver Spirit Measure Stirrup Cup:
$832.38

Here for your consideration is an exquisite, vintage, late 20th century, miniature, sterling silver, novelty, top hat, sporting/travelling, spirit measure/stirrup cup, with oval body, curved rim and rolled bottom edge, made by top London retailer Asprey and Co.

Atruly stunning piece of workmanship stamped to the top Asprey, complete with a full set of side hallmarks \'A & Co Ltd\' in a club cartouche for Asprey and Company Limited with London leopards head assay stamp, lion passant, and a gothic date letter’T’ for 1993. It\'s in fantasticoriginal condition with no splits, damage or dents. The miniature novelty cup does have some beautiful age related patina, commensuratewith age, but nothing unusual.
This is as good as it gets with regards to novelty Asprey & Co sporting/travelling cups.How manyof these have you seen.An extremely rare find indeed, I\'ve only got one, once it\'s gone .... it\'s gone. You might never findanother one this good, and if there\'s one thing I\'ve learned about antiques/collectables when items areof quality and extremelyrare, he who hesitates usually loses out.
Asprey’s ...

AUnited Kingdom based designer, manufacturer and retailerofprestigious items. The Asprey heritage dates back to the 1781 foundingof Asprey & Co. in Mitcham, Surrey by William Asprey. Asprey\'s Flagshipretail store is located on New Bond Street in London, United Kingdom. Asprey hassupplied crowns, coronets and sceptres for royal families around the world, andholds a Royal Warrant of appointment from the Prince of Wales.

Dimensions as follows…

Height: 1.4 inches or 3.5 cm

Width: 2.5 inches or 6.3 cm (base rim)

Depth: 2.15 inches or 5.5 cm (base rim)

Weight: 45 grams or 1.6 oz

These stunning, Asprey, miniature novelty, spirit measure/stirrup cups havebecomesovery desirable/ collectable and would add value to any silver collection.This stunning miniature cup would make an ideal gift.

A real cool item that could still be used today. You could fill it with brandy or whiskey, ideal at a football match, horse racing event, shooting or hunting event, on the golf course, out walking or cycling, or even in a nightclub or pub, impressing your friends !!

The Asprey, novelty, top hat cup, will be carefully packaged and posted, recorded,special delivery with insurance.

Please note all my international postal charges are only estimatesand will be confirmed up or down, when I know the destination to where, itemsare being sent. Please also note we only charge actual costs of postage andpackaging with insurance, no more.

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