PAIR OF MID-CENTURY ITALIAN SILVER PLATED STIRRUP CUPS

PAIR OF MID-CENTURY ITALIAN SILVER PLATED STIRRUP CUPSPair of Pair of Mid Century Italian silver plated stirrup cups. Quality cast finial mounts, one mounted with a stag, the other with a hound. Stirrup cups are a traditional hunting accessory, used in British and European horse mounted hunting. Riders would take a ceremonial drink (often sherry or port) while mounted, just before the hunt began hence the name stirrup cups. Some lovely soft wear to the silver plate of the heads commensurate with age and

Dimensions: 42cm h x 33cm w x 33cm d

they traditionally lined the walls of palaces or large country houses

These lovely vases follow a long tradition of using broken and discarded materials to create folk art

Circa: Late 19th /Early 20th Century

Spanish gilt metal

Pair of vintage tinted acrylic translucent wall sconces

Elegant Mid-Century French gilt metal hanging pendant light in the form of a wheat sheaf

Pair of reconstituted stone planters in the Art Deco style

mahogany miniature commode with four drawers and bone turned handles

three tiered iron florists stand

Dimensions: 20cm h x 36cm w x 29cm d

they each feature two graduated  shelves