A George III large silver-gilt two-handled cup and cover

MAKER'S MARK OF REBECCA EMES AND EDWARD BARNARD, LONDON, 1818

Details

A George III large silver-gilt two-handled cup and cover
maker's mark of Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, London, 1818
Of campana form and on spreading circular foot, the body chased with bands of shells, foliage and anthemions and applied below the rim with a band of trailing vines on a matted ground, with foliate scroll handles terminating in a satyr's mask, the domed cover chased with foliage and with detachable stylised bud and foliage finial, the cover engraved with a crest and motto, the foot engraved with two crests and mottos, two beneath a Marquess' coronet, marked on body, cover and finial
19in. (48cm.) high
190ozs. (5,924grs.)

The first crest is that of Stuart for John, 2nd Marquess of Bute and 7th Earl of Dumfries, K.T. (1793-1848).
The second crest is that of Guest for Josiah John Guest, Esq., (1785-1852), later created a baronet in 1838, father of Ivor Bertie Guest, 2nd Bt. and 1st Baron Wimborne.

Provenance

John, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848).

Lot Essay

It is probable that the cup was a gift from Josiah Guest to John, 2nd Marquess of Bute (1793-1848). It was at this time that Lord Bute was involved in extensive building works in Cardiff where he had considerable interests, including the land at Dowlais leased by the Guest family for the Dowlais Iron Works.

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