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Mayflower Antiques Mayflower Antiques, based in the beautiful Georgian town of Bewdley in the West Midlands. We exclusi

An extremely rare silver gilt Bratina/tumbler cup from southern Germany, circa 1600.It has an inscription around the top...
27/05/2026

An extremely rare silver gilt Bratina/tumbler cup from southern Germany, circa 1600.

It has an inscription around the top in gothic script which loosely translates as “Drink me up, and put me on the ground, I will stand up, so that you can refill me, Year 1602”. These type of cups originated in Russia and Scandinavian; this piece being from Southern Germany, we think it most likely that it was commissioned as a gift to a friend in the North.

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A rock crystal locket, mounted with gold and enamels. Italian or Spanish, 17th century.There are 9 small indentations ca...
13/05/2026

A rock crystal locket, mounted with gold and enamels. Italian or Spanish, 17th century.

There are 9 small indentations carved within the rock crystal, possibly for reliquaries, but more likely we think to store ‘shrimp stones’. These are natural secretions from crustaceans which were used as a medicine to treat stomach and eye ailments. Their medicinal qualities were discovered in the Middle Ages, and continued to be sold in pharmacies till as recently as the last century. A very rare and unusual piece.

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An extremely rare and unusual silver filigree toilet box, German, c. 1700.Of circular design, standing on three little b...
08/04/2026

An extremely rare and unusual silver filigree toilet box, German, c. 1700.

Of circular design, standing on three little bun feet; set within the box are four finely engraved silver gilt plaques of a much earlier date, c.1580.

Probably Nuremberg; these plaques depict stories from Noah’s Ark and, with some subtle variations are based on woodcuts by the Swiss-born artist Jost Amman. Jost Amman moved to Nuremberg in 1560 and lived and worked there until his death in 1591.

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A Dutch Silver ‘Stakan’ Beaker Amsterdam, 1636.'Stakan' so called because of its Russian style; marked for Amsterdam, 16...
01/04/2026

A Dutch Silver ‘Stakan’ Beaker Amsterdam, 1636.

'Stakan' so called because of its Russian style; marked for Amsterdam, 1636; maker’s mark a lion for Jan Van de Velde. The Dutch maintained close trading and diplomatic relations with Russia throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. These types of beaker were made as gifts for trade or diplomatic missions.

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