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ONE WINE-COOLER AND LINER WITH MARK OF KIRKBY, WATERHOUSE & COMPANY, SHEFFIELD, 1821, THE OTHER WINE-COOLER WITH MARK OF WATERHOUSE, HODSON AND COMPANY, SHEFFIELD, 1826, THE LINER WITH MARK OF T., J AND N. CRESWICK, SHEFFIELD, 1836
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TWO GEORGE IV SILVER WINE-COOLERS
ONE WINE-COOLER AND LINER WITH MARK OF KIRKBY, WATERHOUSE & COMPANY, SHEFFIELD, 1821, THE OTHER WINE-COOLER WITH MARK OF WATERHOUSE, HODSON AND COMPANY, SHEFFIELD, 1826, THE LINER WITH MARK OF T., J AND N. CRESWICK, SHEFFIELD, 1836
Each on spreading circular foot chased with vine border, the melon fluted bodies with vine rim and bifurcated scroll handles, each engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, each with earl's coronet above, each with plain cylindrical liner, marked on bases and liners, the bases filled, one wine-cooler with two patches, each on later wood plinth applied with plaques engraved with presentation inscription and numerous facsimile signatures
9¾ in. (23.5 cm.) high
gross weight 149 oz. (4,644 gr.)
The arms are those Bingham quatering others impaling Brundenell, for George, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888) and his wife Anne (d.1877), daughter of Robert, 6th Earl of Cardigan (1760-1837), whom he married in 1829.
The inscription on the bases reads 'Presented to Captain A. S. Cunningham-Reid, D.F.C., M.P. by his friends in both Houses of Parliament on his marriage 12 May 1927.' (2)
ONE WINE-COOLER AND LINER WITH MARK OF KIRKBY, WATERHOUSE & COMPANY, SHEFFIELD, 1821, THE OTHER WINE-COOLER WITH MARK OF WATERHOUSE, HODSON AND COMPANY, SHEFFIELD, 1826, THE LINER WITH MARK OF T., J AND N. CRESWICK, SHEFFIELD, 1836
Each on spreading circular foot chased with vine border, the melon fluted bodies with vine rim and bifurcated scroll handles, each engraved with a coat-of-arms and a crest, each with earl's coronet above, each with plain cylindrical liner, marked on bases and liners, the bases filled, one wine-cooler with two patches, each on later wood plinth applied with plaques engraved with presentation inscription and numerous facsimile signatures
9¾ in. (23.5 cm.) high
gross weight 149 oz. (4,644 gr.)
The arms are those Bingham quatering others impaling Brundenell, for George, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888) and his wife Anne (d.1877), daughter of Robert, 6th Earl of Cardigan (1760-1837), whom he married in 1829.
The inscription on the bases reads 'Presented to Captain A. S. Cunningham-Reid, D.F.C., M.P. by his friends in both Houses of Parliament on his marriage 12 May 1927.' (2)
Provenance
George, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800-1888)
Presented to Captain A. S. Cunningham-Reid, D.F.C., M.P. on the occasion of his marriage on 12 May 1927 by his friends in both Houses of Parliament
Presented to Captain A. S. Cunningham-Reid, D.F.C., M.P. on the occasion of his marriage on 12 May 1927 by his friends in both Houses of Parliament
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