Ostrich egg cup

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Ostrich egg cup. Phipps, Thomas, silversmith, London. Robinson, Edward II, silversmith, London. The egg cut to form a deep cup. Its rim is mounted with a deep band of silver, which is plain in the interior, while the outside is engraved with a Greek key pattern. At the base of the egg is a calyx of a sun in splendour with deeply ribbed rays. This and the foot are attached to the base of the cup with a nut and bolt covered by a large silver boss, which is visible inside the cup. The circular foot splays out from the calyx and stands on a reeded rim. The foot is engraved with the crest of a lion rampart holding a Maltese cross. Height, to rim, 15.4 cm, width, across rim, 12.8 cm 1805-1806. English. Neoclassical.
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