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A GILT-METAL MOUNTED COCONUT CUP
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A GILT-METAL MOUNTED COCONUT CUP
probably Germany, 17th Century
On circular foot cast with cherub's masks, scrolls, strapwork and fruit, with lobed baluster stem above, the coconut mounted with three straps connecting the lower rim to the upper, each cast with figures and further cherub's masks, the upper rim with a band of slightly raised ovals below a spreading border engraved with scrolling leaves and vines, the cover cast with male masks surrounded with strapwork and fruit and with a finial formed as a boy holding a spear - 30cm high
probably Germany, 17th Century
On circular foot cast with cherub's masks, scrolls, strapwork and fruit, with lobed baluster stem above, the coconut mounted with three straps connecting the lower rim to the upper, each cast with figures and further cherub's masks, the upper rim with a band of slightly raised ovals below a spreading border engraved with scrolling leaves and vines, the cover cast with male masks surrounded with strapwork and fruit and with a finial formed as a boy holding a spear - 30cm high