Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 29th April 2015

Lot 601

A Victorian silver and enamel christening cup

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550

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Description

A Victorian silver and enamel christening cup,

probably by Charles Edwards, London 1885,

tapering circular form, scroll handle, enamelled with two playing children in the Kate Greenaway manner, and engraved in the Aesthetic taste with swallows and bamboo, and inscribed and dated, height 7.6cm, approx. weight 4oz.