A GEORGE II BRASS LOVING CUP

A GEORGE II BRASS LOVING CUP

C.1740-50

with an engraved coat of arms for the Weston Family of Sutton Place, Surrey, between a pair of scrolling handles, with traces of original silvering

16.2cm high, 22.5cm wide

Provenance

The Weston Family, Sutton Place, Surrey. Sutton Place was purchased by J. P. Getty Snr.

Catalogue Note

Mid-18th century loving cups in brass are rarer than their silver counterparts. For similar examples one with a cover and another with traces of silvering, see R. Gentle & R. Field, 'Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820', pp.278-9, figs. 1-3.