TWO GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED COCONUT-CUPS AND COVERS
LATE 16TH CENTURY
Each on stepped slightly domed foot with vase-shaped bracket stem, engraved with strapwork and foliate scrolls, the nut enclosed in three straps with chased borders, one with reeding, the other cast with figures and shells, the covers with varying finials, one nut carved with a portrait and inscription dated 1582
11 ½ in. (29 cm.) high and slightly smaller
TWO GERMAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED COCONUT-CUPS AND COVERS
LATE 16TH CENTURY
Each on stepped slightly domed foot with vase-shaped bracket stem, engraved with strapwork and foliate scrolls, the nut enclosed in three straps with chased borders, one with reeding, the other cast with figures and shells, the covers with varying finials, one nut carved with a portrait and inscription dated 1582
11 ½ in. (29 cm.) high and slightly smaller
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