A GEORGE III SILVER FOX'S-MASK STIRRUP CUP

MAKER'S MARK IL (GRIMWADE, 3652), LONDON, 1773

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A GEORGE III SILVER FOX'S-MASK STIRRUP CUP
Maker's mark IL (Grimwade, 3652), London, 1773
Realistically formed and chased as a fox's mask, the rim engraved From Abram Lott to his friend Billopp B. Seaman 1817., the interior gilt, marked on rim
5in. (13cm.) long; 4oz. 10dwt. (145gr.)

Lot Essay

According to tradition, Billopp Seaman was the architect of the Shipp House in Newburgh, New York, which he built for Abram Lott.

Arthur Grimwade records a stirrup cup by the same maker of the same year (The London Goldsmiths, rev. ed., 1990, p. 260).