Inverted bell-shaped, handled cup on pedestal base with pierced, circular foot. High cast scroll handle has leafy terminals and a circular flower inside top curve. Die-rolled bands of laurel leaves and hexagonal star motifs at rim and midbody, and pointed leaves and single buds around top of base. Handle struck with three marks, a crowned eagle with cross-in-oval body, "A / * * / S" in raised serif letters in a diamond or lozenge, and a bull's head, facing forward, in conforming surround. Partial maker's mark on rounded bottom inside and another bull's head on underside. Part of cup and saucer set, DL*377439A-B.
Based on marks, made in Turin during the period it was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, 1824-1872.
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