A George II silver two-handled cup and cover

A George II silver two-handled cup and cover,

by Ayme Videau, London 1745,

circular form, leaf capped scroll handles, applied with scroll, rocaille and trailing grapevine decoration, the pull-off cover with a cone shaped finial with grapevine decoration, on a raised circular foot, engraved with a crest, on a later wooden stand applied with a plaque, inscribed 'Anniversary Cup, Sandown, 1937, Won by Lord Hurst's Magnet', height off plinth 30.5cm, approx. weight 76oz. (2)

Provenance:

Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Silver Sale, 24 April 2016.

A Private Collection.

Dreweatt Neate, Newbury, 3rd April 1996, lot 556.