Silver & Collectors' Items - Day 1 and Day 2 - 22nd January 2013

Lot 895

A German silver boar's head stirrup cup

Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £4200

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Description

A German silver boar's head stirrup cup,

by Neresheimer of Hanau, with import marks for Chester 1907, importer's mark of Berthold Muller,

tapering circular form, engraved with a hunting scene in the seventeenth century manner, the boar's head is supported by two leaf mounted branch supports, inscribed and sated 1910, height 20.3cm, approx. weight 16.5oz.