A George III silver-gilt two-handled cup and cover

A George III silver-gilt two-handled cup and cover,

by Lewis Herne and Francis Butty, London 1760,

baluster form, foliate capped scroll handles, embossed foliate decoration, the pull-off cover with a foliate baluster finial, on a raised circular foot, engraved with a crest, height 35.5cm, approx. weight 68oz.

The crest is that used by various families including Grosvenor, possibly for Richard Grosvenor, who added the surnames Erle-Drax on his marriage to Sarah Francis (d.1822), the daughter and heir of Edward Drax of Charborough Park, near Wimborne, Dorset.