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Two-handled Cup

Two-handled Cup

Maker's mark WM, plume and two pellets above

British

Of bulbous circular form, repousse and chased with a broad band of flowerheads and wrigglework with a running unicorn on one side and a running lion on the other, with two cast ribbed scroll handles headed by female masks, pricked under the rim on one side DS over DG and with traces of a scored-out date (1689) below.

Silver

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