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PROPERTY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE FERDINAND OF BAVARIA, INFANTE OF SPAIN (1884-1958)
A SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARKS RUBBED, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARKS RUBBED, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Applied with Aboriginal heads below fruiting vines, and similarly chased with vines, the stem set with Aboriginal figures and a kangaroo, the cover with oak leaf rim and pomegranate finial; together with a German silver-gilt historismus cup, by Neresheimer of Hanau, with English import and sponsor's mark for Berthold Muller, London, 1911, the pineapple lobed body supported by a sixteenth century soldier armed with a crossbow
First cup 12 ½ in. (31.5 cm.) high
37 oz. (1151 gm.)
MARKS RUBBED, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Applied with Aboriginal heads below fruiting vines, and similarly chased with vines, the stem set with Aboriginal figures and a kangaroo, the cover with oak leaf rim and pomegranate finial; together with a German silver-gilt historismus cup, by Neresheimer of Hanau, with English import and sponsor's mark for Berthold Muller, London, 1911, the pineapple lobed body supported by a sixteenth century soldier armed with a crossbow
First cup 12 ½ in. (31.5 cm.) high
37 oz. (1151 gm.)
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Please note that the estimate should read £800-£1200 and not £500-£800 as printed in the catalogue.
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