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A gilt bronze and marble mounted model of a Roman kantharos drinking cup, after a 1st century A.D. silver original from the Boscoreale Hoard, late 19th century, of ovoid form and cast in relief overall with berried foliage, beneath twin loop and spur handles, with circular base, mounted onto a waisted marmo rouge griotte plinth, 22.5cm high overall, together with a silvered metal model of a Roman kantharos cup, the Pompeiian silver centaur cup, late 19th century, twin handles and cast to each side with figures in high relief, 17cm high, 17cm wide, and a pair of gilt and patinated metal twin handled tazzas, late 19th century, 14cm high, 19cm wide The Boscoreale Treasure is a large collection of luxury Roman objects discovered in the ruins of an ancient villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii in Italy in 1895. Consisting of over a hundred pieces of silverware, as well as gold coins and jewellery, it is now held mostly at the Louvre Museum in Paris, with other parts of the hoard held at the British Museum The centaur kantharos along with 13 other Roman silver vessels was discovered in 1835 in the Casa dei Vasi d'Argento in Pompeii. It was much reproduced and offered as a Grand Tour souvenir