Fine Silver - 27th April 2016
Lot 542
A George I silver two-handled cup and cover
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1400
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Description
A George I silver two-handled cup and cover,
by Richard Bayley, London 1726,
circular form, scroll handles, central girdle, the pull-off raised cover with a knop finial, on a raised circular base, patched and later engraved with the arms of Nathaniel Booth, 4th Baron Delamere of Dunham Massey, height 25cm, approx. weight 41.5oz.
Provenance: purchased from the Langham Family Collections Sale, Slane Castle, Co. Meath, Hamilton, Osborne, King, 27 September 2004.
Lady May Langham, only surviving child of the 2nd Langham Baronet married the Earl of Warrington. This family died out in the male line and some of the Dunham Massey silver came to the Langham family in the 18th century.