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Standing cup and cover. Unknown silversmith. The slightly domed circular base with three applied medallions of Classical heads between engravings of scrolling foliage and birds - including an owl. Between the base and the stem is a gadrooned knop topped with silver stylised leaves and scrolls. The stem is formed as a trunk of a tree with a branch spiralling round it. Above it is another ring of silver stylised leaves and scrolls and a calyx engraved with scrolls. Three straps contain the coconut. They are cast with a Classical figure standing in niche above and below a central medallion of the head of a bearded man surrounded by a laurel wreath. Around the top of the coconut is an border engraved with birds amid scrolling foliage, the edge pierced crockets. The deep rim mount is plain inside, whilst the exterior is engraved with a hunting scene showing two men on horseback with hounds chasing a stag and deer. The centre of the cover is of coconut shell with a silver-gilt border and central cast finial of a Classical female warrior. Coconut cup, silver-gilt mounts, gold surface of mounts, height, overall, 32.8 cm, width, overall, 10.5 cm, possibly 1560-1600. Probably German.
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