A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER

Lot 164
07.07.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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ID 992644
Lot 164 | A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
A GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER

MARK OF PETER ARCHAMBO, LONDON, 1731, THE COVER UNMARKED

Inverted bell shaped on spreading circular foot, applied with moulded mid-rib above a band of strapwork cast and chased with foliage, rosettes and shells, and with leaf-capped double scroll handles, the domed cover with baluster finial, engraved with a cypher LD on a hatched ground, the foot and cover pricked with a later cypher LD, the foot further engraved with inscription, marked underneath

12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

94 oz. 1 dwt. (2,941 gr.)

The inscription reads 'The gift of Lionel Duke of Dorset'.





Provenance

The gift of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 7th Earl of Dorset K.G., (1688-1765).

A Lady; Christie's, London, 10 November 1993, lot 235.



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