Lot Essay
A highly regarded expert on agriculture, Lord Sheffield was the friend and literary executor of Edward Gibbon, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP
MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD AND ROBERT JONES, LONDON, 1777
Details
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP
MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD AND ROBERT JONES, LONDON, 1777
The body part fluted within ovolo borders, applied with agricultural medallions, bust and border of stiff leaves, engraved with inscription, marked under base
5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) high
12 oz. 1 dwt. (374 gr.)
The inscription reads 'From the Sussex Society to John Baker Holroyd Esq'r for his Improvements in Agriculture and the Breed of Cattle'
MARK OF JOHN SCOFIELD AND ROBERT JONES, LONDON, 1777
The body part fluted within ovolo borders, applied with agricultural medallions, bust and border of stiff leaves, engraved with inscription, marked under base
5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm.) high
12 oz. 1 dwt. (374 gr.)
The inscription reads 'From the Sussex Society to John Baker Holroyd Esq'r for his Improvements in Agriculture and the Breed of Cattle'
Provenance
Presented to John Baker Holroyd (1735-1821), later 1st Earl of Sheffield in 1816, by the Sussex Society circa 1777.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 May 1965, lot 128 (£240 to Bracher and Sydenham).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 May 1965, lot 128 (£240 to Bracher and Sydenham).
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