Antique Set of 6 Shelley China Demitasse Cups Saucers Sterling Silver Mappin Webb Birmingham 1919 Decorative Arts The interior of the chest

The interior of the chest is fitted with a candle till having a hinged lid decorated with incised carving

the Nero Portoro Italian black marble which formed approximately 200 million years ago

Yozo Hamaguchi is widely regarded as one of the finest mezzotint artists in the history of the medium

or feathers radiating from the center sun

The case is signed internally and also with a chop mark to the exterior

Antique Set of 6 Shelley China Demitasse Cups Saucers Sterling Silver Mappin Webb Birmingham 1919 Decorative Arts The interior of the chestSOLD A good presentation boxed set of six antique Shelley china demitasse cups & saucers with sterling silver holders by Mappin & Webb, Birmingham, 1919. The cups & saucers with an ivory colored glaze & banded with a 24 karat gilt border, each cup has a sterling silver reticulated handled holder, with Mappin & Webb's stamp to the underside and hallmarked for Birmingham, the lion passant for sterling silver and the date letter for 1919. The cups and