Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23rd July 2020
Lot 884
By Frederick Courthope
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £8200
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Description
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.