A pair of George III provincial silver barrel beakers,

A pair of George III provincial silver barrel beakers,
by George Walker, Chester 1801,
tapering form, with reeded hoops and engraved staves, and also engraved with a bung hole, inscribed 'This Premium given by the Wrexham Agricultural Society for the best Crop of Turnips is adjudged to Mr Price Maurice of Ruthin, November 1800', the interiors gilded, height 16.3cm, approx. weight 10.3oz.

Provenance: A Private Collection.
The Ridgway Collection.

Illustrated and written up in Ridgway, M., Chester Silver 1727-1837, (Vol II), Phillimore and Co. Ltd., 1985, page 198, illustration no.22.