A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER
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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER
MARK OF ALFRED BENSON & HENRY HUGH WEBB, LONDON, 1893
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After a model by Paul de Lamerie circa 1742-1743, the baluster body and domed cover richly cast and chased with scrolls, flowers and fruiting vine, the body with scenes of Bacchic putti clutching grapes and preparing wine, flanked by vine-wrapped and snail-capped branch handles, a griffin's head crest engraved below one handle, the cover with putti and a grape-bunch finial surmounted by a lizard, the rim of the cover engraved Croxteth Cup, Liverpool, 1889. Won by "Castlenock" Five Years., marked between handle terminals and on cover interior, the foot rim engraved J.W. BENSON. 25. OLD BOND ST. W 917
15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) high
106 oz. 6 dwt. (3,305 gr.)
Lot Essay
A Paul de Lamerie cup and cover of this model, bearing the date letter for 1742-1743, is preserved in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. 25.15.58a, b).
MARK OF ALFRED BENSON & HENRY HUGH WEBB, LONDON, 1893
Details
After a model by Paul de Lamerie circa 1742-1743, the baluster body and domed cover richly cast and chased with scrolls, flowers and fruiting vine, the body with scenes of Bacchic putti clutching grapes and preparing wine, flanked by vine-wrapped and snail-capped branch handles, a griffin's head crest engraved below one handle, the cover with putti and a grape-bunch finial surmounted by a lizard, the rim of the cover engraved Croxteth Cup, Liverpool, 1889. Won by "Castlenock" Five Years., marked between handle terminals and on cover interior, the foot rim engraved J.W. BENSON. 25. OLD BOND ST. W 917
15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) high
106 oz. 6 dwt. (3,305 gr.)
Lot Essay
A Paul de Lamerie cup and cover of this model, bearing the date letter for 1742-1743, is preserved in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. 25.15.58a, b).
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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER
Estimate $8,000 - $12,000
Starting Price $4,000
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