A Victorian silver-gilt standing cup and cover,

A Victorian silver-gilt standing cup and cover,
by James Garrard, London 1898, also stamped R & S Garrard & Co., Haymarket, London,
lobed baluster and circular form, chased foliate scroll decoration, the pull-off cover and base mounted with four male and female semi-nude and nude kneeling figures, on a quatrefoil foot, height 40.5cm, approx. weight 86.9oz.

This cup and cover is based on The Swiney Bequest silver cup, which was designed by Daniel Maclise RA (1806-1870) in 1859. The Swiney Prize was established through a bequest of £5000 to the Society of Arts in the will of physician George Swiney (1793-1844).