A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE CUP, POSSIBLY CREATED BY EDWARD FARRELL IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING 16TH CENTURY ELEMENTS, AFTER A DESIGN BY VIRGIL SOLIS
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE CUP
POSSIBLY CREATED BY EDWARD FARRELL IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING 16TH CENTURY ELEMENTS, AFTER A DESIGN BY VIRGIL SOLIS
The agate carved as a turbo shell surmounted by a figure holding a cornucopia and astride a seahorse, on circular base with stem cast as a satyr holding two dolphins, engraved underneath with an inscription and painted inventory number '718'
9. 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high
The inscription reads 'Formerly in the possession of HRH the Duke of York'.
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A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE CUP
POSSIBLY CREATED BY EDWARD FARRELL IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING 16TH CENTURY ELEMENTS, AFTER A DESIGN BY VIRGIL SOLIS
The agate carved as a turbo shell surmounted by a figure holding a cornucopia and astride a seahorse, on circular base with stem cast as a satyr holding two dolphins, engraved underneath with an inscription and painted inventory number '718'
9. 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high
The inscription reads 'Formerly in the possession of HRH the Duke of York'.
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