Lot Essay
The arms are those of Hoare impaling those of Vansittart.
Details
A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK OF ANTHONY NELME, LONDON, 1719
Vase-form, on spreading circular base, the body with two leaf-capped scroll handles and mid-band, the removable stepped domed cover with baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within strapwork cartouche, the cover engraved with a crest, marked near rim and on cover, and with scratch weight 80=2=0
12in. (30.5cm.) high; 79oz. 10dwt. (2482gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF ANTHONY NELME, LONDON, 1719
Vase-form, on spreading circular base, the body with two leaf-capped scroll handles and mid-band, the removable stepped domed cover with baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within strapwork cartouche, the cover engraved with a crest, marked near rim and on cover, and with scratch weight 80=2=0
12in. (30.5cm.) high; 79oz. 10dwt. (2482gr.)
Provenance
Crichton Bros., London, April 8, 1929