Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 28th April 2021

Lot 1913

A two-handled silver-gilt cup and cover

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £3000

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Description

A two-handled silver-gilt cup and cover,

with cancelled marks and London Assay Office marks for 2020,

classical urn form, with ribbon tied drapes and medallions, fluted leaf capped scroll handles, pull-off swirl fluted cover with a cone finial, on a raised swirl fluted foot on a square base with beaded medallions, on a square stepped wooden plinth, applied with a plaque inscribed 'The Golden Cup, A Symbol of Charity and Generosity The Butchers Charitable Institution', and set with a George III Guinea, underneath inscribed '1773', height 54cm, height on plinth 61cm, approx. weight 116oz.

Provenance: This lot is being sold on behalf of The Butchers and Drovers Charitable Institution.

Antique Plate Committee case number 9405.