Silver & Collectors' Items - 22nd and 23rd July - 22nd July 2014
Lot 926
A George III silver-gilt two-handled cup and cover
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2400
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Description
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.