Description
A large two-handled Indian cup and cover,
unmarked, circa 1810,
circular form, with bifurcated intertwined snake scroll handles, bayonet fitting detachable foot, with a foliate border, the body with a detachable foliate girdle, the domed pull-off cover with a cone finial, on a raised circular foot, inscribed,' CELER ET AUDAX' In Testimony of the attention and hospitality this cup is presented to Captain Seton of the Asia Merchantmen by the Officers of the Bengal Light Infantry Volunteers Battn who sailed in that ship from Batavia to Samarang in October 1811', height 54.5cm, approx. weight 196oz.
Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's London, 12 November 1991.
