A JAMES I SILVER-MOUNTED OSTRICH EGG STANDING CUP AND COVER LONDON, 1606, MAKER'S MARK CB OR GB IN MONOGRAM POSSIBLY FOR BARNABUS GREGORY On spreading foot stamped with stylised gadroons, the domed part flat chased with large acanthus foliage and fruit on matted ground with baluster stem above, the body and cover formed from the ostrich egg, held by four straps engraved with trelliswork, the flaring rim engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, the cover with spool-shaped terrace and St George and the Dragon finial, marked on rim, on mount beneath the bowl and in cover, in later fitted wood case 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high Provenance The Sutton Nelthorpe Collection; Sotheby's, London, 11 April 2002, lot 182.
A JAMES I SILVER-MOUNTED OSTRICH EGG STANDING CUP AND COVER LONDON, 1606, MAKER'S MARK CB OR GB IN MONOGRAM POSSIBLY FOR BARNABUS GREGORY On spreading foot stamped with stylised gadroons, the domed part flat chased with large acanthus foliage and fruit on matted ground with baluster stem above, the body and cover formed from the ostrich egg, held by four straps engraved with trelliswork, the flaring rim engraved with scrolling flowers and foliage, the cover with spool-shaped terrace and St George and the Dragon finial, marked on rim, on mount beneath the bowl and in cover, in later fitted wood case 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) high Provenance The Sutton Nelthorpe Collection; Sotheby's, London, 11 April 2002, lot 182.
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