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A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER

Lot 42
22.09.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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£ 5 670
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 812205
Lot 42 | A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
Campana shaped on spreading gadrooned foot, the lower body chased with flutes and below the rim with a band of fruiting vines, applied with oak branch handles with acorn and oak-leaf terminals, the domed cover with gadrooned border and laurel wreath ring handle, the body engraved with a presentation inscription, marked on body, handle and inside cover, stamped underneath and in cover with workshop number 65
131/2 in. (34.2 cm.) high
77 oz. 3 dwt. (2,400 gr.)
The inscription on the body reads: 'Shropshire General Agricultural Society for October 1814 to A Cup Value Sixty Guineas, the produce of Sweepstakes of ten Guineas Each, Lord Bradford, Sir W.W. Wynn, John Cotes Esqr Col. Lyster, Sir Stephen Glynne & The Rev. Offley Crewe, Subscribers for the best and cleanest twenty Acres of Swedish Turnips'.
Artist:Paul Storr (1770 - 1844)
Medium:Silver
Place of origin:United Kingdom
Category:Cups
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