Lot Essay
These mugs are based on a gold circa 1500 BC example found at the Tholos tomb at Vaphio in Laconia. For an illustrated example, see Kenneth Crisp Jones The Silversmiths of Birmingham, p. 202, fig. 195.
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TWO EDWARDIAN SILVER GREEK REVIVAL MATCHING MUGS, maker's mark of Nathan & Hayes, Chester, 1904 and 1904, each tub form, the sides cast and engraved with shephard and bulls, with trees, on matted ground, the double decker tab handle with spool between--3½in. (8.8cm.) diam., 19oz. (2)