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

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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.

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

LIONEL, 7TH DUKE OF DORSET
Lionel Cranfield Sackville K.G., (1688-1765), 7th Earl of Dorset was created Duke of Dorset on 13 June 1720. He was appointed Lord Lieutentant of Ireland in 1731, the year this cup was made, where he remained for the Parliamentary sessions until 1736. 'A man of dignity, caution and plausability' his first term in Ireland was uneventful but he returned accompanied by his favorite son, Lord George Sackville, for a four year term in 1751 during which he did little to endear himself to the Irish. Horace Walpole, however, provides a rather charming comment on the Duke saying that he 'with the dignity in his appearance was in private the greatest lover of low humour and buffoonery'. He was clearly a man who took his duties seriously for he claimed that his time in Ireland cost him £1,500 per annum from his own pocket.

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