The arms are those of Cooper quartering Synge and others for Cooper of Markree Castle, co. Sligo, Ireland
This tureen was awarded as Her Majesty’s Cup, with a value of £100, to Richard Wordsworth Cooper’s Eudora at the Cowes Regatta in 1843. Richard Wordsworth Cooper (1801-1850) was the second surviving son of Edward Synge Cooper, governor of Bengal. He married Emilia Eleanor, daughter of the 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency. Their son, Edward Henry Cooper (1827 – 1902), inherited Markree Castle, an estate of 30,000 acres in county Sligo.