A GEORGE III SILVER PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER ON STAND

MARK OF PETER AND WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1807

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A GEORGE III SILVER PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER ON STAND
MARK OF PETER AND WILLIAM BATEMAN, LONDON, 1807
The vase-shaped cup on pedestal foot, the foot cast and chased with fruiting grapevines on textured ground and engraved with a coat-of-arms, the lower body with stiff leaves and band of foliage, each side with applied plaque, one engraved with inscription, the other with cast classical medallion, with two cast winged female handles, the detachable cover with classical figure finial, engraved with a crest and initials, the conforming stand with three ball feet, marked under foot, on cover bezel, on finial and under base
22¾ in. (57.8 cm.) high; 338 oz. (10, 510 gr.)
The inscription reads 'To the Honble HENRY HAFFEY This piece of plate was Voted in the Year 1804 by the COUNCIL & ASSEMBLY of the Island of St. Vincent For his active exertions during the Insurrectrion of the charaibs & the Invastion of the French in 1795 & 1796 for his exemplary Conduct while COLONEL of the Southern Reg of MILITIA.'

來源

Presented to the Hon. Henry Haffey of Armagh by the island of St. Vincent in 1804.

拍品專文

Henry Haffey (1751 - 1836) was the second son of the Reverend Daniel Haffey of Armagh. He emigrated to the island of St. Vincent with his brother and bought sugar plantations. The island passed numerous times between French and British rule and in 1795 there was a French supported rebellion. Haffey raised over two hundred men, who became known as Haffey Rangers and helped subdue the island. In 1804, St. Vincent's General Assembly voted to "present the Honorable Henry Haffey....with the Thanks of the House and a piece of plate valued at three hundred guineas..." Haffey was also presented with a gold medal by George IV for his service. Upon his death, he left the cup to his wife "to dispose of to such of my relations as my wife shall by writing under her hand, either in her will or otherwise direct and appoint."