Jack the Ripper: A 19thC Horn Beaker; ‘Fair Maid Beware Whitechapel 1888’

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Jack the Ripper: A 19thC Horn Beaker; ‘Fair Maid Beware Whitechapel 1888’Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1888 Diameter: 2. 5 Height: 4 The tactile beaker or cup, of typical form, crafted entirely in horn, and primitively engraved with the words fair maid beware whitechapel 1888, surviving from late Victorian England. The piece is in sound overall condition with some chips to the rim and nibbles to the base as photographed. The base shows some further engravings which are hard to

around a century ago

occurs also as sulphide

The background was once probably more of a dark green but has now taken on an inky black hue with the green showing through under

the piece is in good structural condition

There is a biro inscription to the reserve which reads ‘Raphael Ghislain Exhibition

the wholes surviving from the zeniths of nineteenth century France

75 inches (all approximate and with hair)

” – Mel BirnkrantA scarce survivor

originating in the village of Béon

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plus a small collection of coins