Napier Silver Child's Cup with Animals Sweden decorated with gold and silver

decorated with gold and silver flowers and flourishes

lidded pewter box features exceptionally fine engraved details (thousands and thousands of tiny pin pricks

I imagine this elegant copper cigarette box set on a mahogany table in some richly appointed library or drawing room back in the day

Bisque with graphic black details as well as a faint orange stain on its beak and webbed feet

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Napier Silver Child's Cup with Animals Sweden decorated with gold and silverI can't imagine a child or an adult! who wouldn't enjoy drinking milk or apple juice out of this wonderful little vintage Napier engraved silver plate cup. With a lion, alligator, bear, giraffe, elephant and unicorn marching around the perimeter, it would make for a charming way to learn the names of animals (real and fictional) too! No kids around? Use it as a little vase (I would love it filled with lily of the valley) or as a toothbrush holder! So