RECENT ACQUISITIONS - 11th February, 2019
ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER NOVELTY BOOT CUP, LONDON c.1886
19th Century Victorian silver novelty boot shaped cup, very decorative and ornate in design, chased with scrolling foliage, grotesque masks, realistically modelled strap and buckle, the top applied with twisted rope ending in a tassel and the heal applied with a revolving spur.
Hallmarked English silver (925), London, Foreign (F), year 1886 (L), Importer's mark TC for Thomas Glaser.
Reference Number: A5654