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This cup on a round base was made in the form of an inverted bell mounted on a main body consisting of three joined horses’ heads. The base with concave stem is chased with acanthus leaves. The cup was intended as a prize for a horse race. This somewhat unusual work was done in the early Victorian style. The silversmith has combined in the decoration elements of neo-Classicism, such as the acanthus leaves and severe base, with a finely and scrupulously worked naturalistic shape. The master in this way anticipates the style of a somewhat later period, the 1850’s. The cup surprises us with its naive and direct symbolism, which also appears in the naturalness of the forms.
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