Superb Edwardian Heavy Gauge Silver Single Handle Goblet of traditional form after the original ancient Greek “Golden Goblet of Troy”
The waisted form central support ending on a circular spreading base support with attractive beaded edge.
Mark of S BAS Ltd. for S Blanckensee & Son
Frederick Street & Great Hampton Street, Birmingham. England.
Birmingham Halmark for 1917.
Condition: Good allover condition, with no losses to decoration. Nice clear crisp retailers and Hallmarks visible, a real sign of quality.
Height: (entire including tall handle) 5.75” (14.5cm). Width: (at widest including handle) 5.75” (14.5cm). Diameter: (top rim) 4.5” (11.5cm).
Weight: (an impressive) 11.2 ozs. (318 grams).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Retailed by Gold and Silversmiths J.C Vickery in Regent Street, London during the early part of the Twentieth Century. The firm was founded by John Collard Vickery and his partner Arthur Thomas Hobbes, this partnership was dissolved in 1891. Vickery continued alone, he obtained a large number of Royal Warrants to the royalty of Europe including the King and Queen of Denmark. The Kings of Portugal, Spain and Sweden. John Collard Vickery died in 1930, his business was taken over by James Walker Ltd.
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NOTE: The original Goblet was found in a tomb and is now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens Greece.