A FINE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH COCONUT CUP MOUNTED ON AN ELKINGTON TYPE ELECTROPLATED BASE

A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH COCONUT CUP MOUNTED ON AN ELKINGTON TYPE ELECTROPLATED BASE

carved with a portrait of a man wearing a sailor suit and cravat also with curly hair, typical of the fashion around the 1830 to 1840, the remainder of the body profusely carved with shallow soft relief of sprays of flowers, mounted on a silver plated base cast in relief with Gods and Goddess, on a domed, circular foot,

22cm high