Antique Bailey Banks & Biddle George II Style Sterling Silver Loving Cup - SL

Description

Offered here for your consideration is a
wonderful sterling silver loving cup and cover by the celebrated Philadelphia jewelers and silversmiths - Bailey, Banks, and Biddle.
A faithful copy of a George II Loving Cup with an urn form body, loop handles, and a conforming cover, it is one of the many top-quality, small edition 'reproductions' that B B & B were well known to produce at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. The quality and workmanship of these pieces rival the best work of the renowned copyists at Elkington & Co. in England.
This item dates to the
late 19th or early 20th century.
It is in overall good, as-pictured used estate condition with light edge wear, a very few light indentions and dings here and there, some fine and light surface scratches throughout, and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
The base is marked: Reproduction 1750, with a Bailey, Banks and Biddle shield, Sterling, L269, and 4 Pints
MEASUREMENTS
Height: ca. 10 1/2 in.
Width (including handles): ca. 10 5/8 in.
Depth: ca. 6.5/8 in.
Weight: ca. 1380. grams
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