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The arms appear to be those of Engleston, London.
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A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT TWO-HANDLED CUP AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK OF JONATHAN NEWTON, LONDON, 1714
Urn-form, on spreading circular fluted base, the lower body applied with strapwork and with gadrooned mid-band, with two scroll handles, the high domed cover with similar strapwork and flutes, with baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and helm within foliate mantling, marked near rim and on cover
12½in. (31.7cm.) high; 84oz. 10dwt. (2636gr.)
MAKER'S MARK OF JONATHAN NEWTON, LONDON, 1714
Urn-form, on spreading circular fluted base, the lower body applied with strapwork and with gadrooned mid-band, with two scroll handles, the high domed cover with similar strapwork and flutes, with baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and helm within foliate mantling, marked near rim and on cover
12½in. (31.7cm.) high; 84oz. 10dwt. (2636gr.)