By Frederick Courthope

By Frederick Courthope, a monumental Victorian silver two-handled cup and cover,

London 1886,

tapering form, embossed foliate scroll decoration, the side handles modelled as two naked maidens, their hands bound with snakes, the pull-off cover with a cast statue of St. George killing the dragon, also with lobed decoration, on a raised circular foot applied with four masks, gilded interior, height 5ocm, approx. weight 178oz.