By John Hardman and Co

By John Hardman and Co, A Victorian revival two handled cup and cover, possibly after a A.N.W. Pugin design, Birmingham 1866, in the seventeenth century German manner, tapering circular form, lobed decoration, wrought wirework scroll handles with foliate motifs, the pull-off cover with a cone finial, height off plinth 29.3cm, approx. weight 17oz. (2) For a similar design for a German revival cup and cover from an illustration of the products of John Hardman and Co, see Pugin a Gothic Passion, edited by Paul Atterbury and Clive Wainwright, Yale University Press, 1994 page 184.