Antique Set of 6 Shelley China Demitasse Cups Saucers Sterling Silver Mappin Webb Birmingham 1919 Redo The desk is finely inlaid

The desk is finely inlaid on all sides

He died in 1656 in The Hague

This cabinet is of the very highest quality a superlative example of Shibayama work

circa 1890

He was created "Cavaliere di Cristo" by his patron Pope Clement VIII by whom he was much patronized and also by Pope Sixtus V

Antique Set of 6 Shelley China Demitasse Cups Saucers Sterling Silver Mappin Webb Birmingham 1919 Redo The desk is finely inlaidSOLD 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