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STERLING SILVER MINT JULEP CUPS/COPY 19C KENTUCKY CUP
Catalogue:
Traditional Collectibles:
Contemporary item# 261773 (stock# 2BeadCup)
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Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver
(615) 477-6221
$250 each; $1500 half-dozen; $3000 dozen
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These classic sterling silver mint julep cups are larger than average and are an exact copy of a 19th-century Kentucky cup. They have beading on both top and bottom and are 4 inches in height and 3-1/4 inches in diameter at the rim. They weigh approximately 5 troy ounces each. They are stamped Sterling. This cup may be purchased for $250 each, for $1500 for six (half dozen), or for $3000 for a dozen. This is a handsome weighty julep cup. The name “julep cup” is reserved for beakers that were mad ...click for details
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STERLING SILVER MINT JULEP CUPS
Catalogue:
Traditional Collectibles:
Contemporary item# 149659 (stock# juleps)
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Shelton Gallery and Fine Silver
(615) 477-6221
$2580 for dozen, $1290 for 6, or $215 individually
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This classic sterling silver mint julep cup may be purchased individually for $215, as a set of 6 for $1290, or as a set of 12 for $2580. The cup measures 3-3/4 inches in height and weighs a little more than 4 troy ounces. The julep cup is a drinking vessel whose popularity is partially accounted for as a symbol of a time before the Civil War---a time of romantic gentility, relaxed wealth and graciousness, an era when a man’s breeding was reflected in his manners and hospitality.
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