Description
The Vintners Company - A George III silver-gilt two-handled cup and cover,
by Solomon Hougham, London 1801,
lobed circular form, leaf capped scroll handles, on a raised circular foot, foliate border, engraved with the arms of the Vintners Company and inscribed, ' Presented by The Worshipful Company of Vintners of the City of London to Charles Fairbrother Esq. a Liveryman, in testimony of their esteem for his kind and gratuitous services Richard Jennins Esq. Master, Charles Stutfield Esq. Thomas Shelton Esq, Alexander Harpour Esq. Wardens, Charles Martin, Clerk, May 1819,' height 28.5cm, approx. weight 40oz.
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Provenance:
Purchased from Bonhams, Knightsbridge, Fine Silver 20 December 1988, lot 222.
