Lot Essay
The arms are those of Agar-Ellis impaling Howard for George James Welbore Agar-Ellis who married Lady Georgina Howard, daughter of the 6th Earl of Carlisle in 1822 and was created Baron Dover in 1831.
Details
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE IV SILVER CANNISTER
LONDON, 1825, MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD II
Of plain cylindrical form on a tumbler base, the gilt interior fitted with a domed cap, with slightly raised screw-on cover, engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto, the cap engraved with the same crest, marked on body, under base, on cap and cover, the base stamped GARRARDS, PANTON STREET, LONDON--8 3/4in. (22.2cm.)high
(35 oz.)
LONDON, 1825, MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD II
Of plain cylindrical form on a tumbler base, the gilt interior fitted with a domed cap, with slightly raised screw-on cover, engraved with a coat-of-arms, crest and motto, the cap engraved with the same crest, marked on body, under base, on cap and cover, the base stamped GARRARDS, PANTON STREET, LONDON--8 3/4in. (22.2cm.)high
(35 oz.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, February 14, 1979, lot 66