MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1792

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A SET OF FOUR GEORGE III SILVER-GILT GOBLETS
MARK OF ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1792
Vase-shaped on a pedestal foot, the lower section of the bowl chased with stiff leaves, the foot and rim each with a band of berried foliage, engraved with a crest below a crown, marked underneath
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
50 oz. (1,550 gr.)
The crest and coronet are those of H.S.H Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburgh-Ansbach and Bayreuth and his wife Elizabeth (d.1828), widow of William, 6th Lord Craven (d.1761) and daughter of Augustus, 4th Earl of Berkeley, whom he married in Lisbon on 13th October 1791. (4)

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg and Ansbach (d.1828), following his marriage to Elizabeth, widow of William, 6th Baron Craven, in 1791

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Lot Essay

Other pieces from this service include a set of four entrée-dishes and cover with finials modelled as a coronet matching the engraved coronet on the present goblets, sold Christie's London, 20 November 2001, lot 68 and a set of four wine-coasters which were sold in the Houghton sale, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lot 96.

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