Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 12th July 2023
Lot 622
A George III silver two-handled cup and cover,
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £900
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Description
A George III silver two-handled cup and cover,
by Charles Wright and Thomas Whipham, London 1764,
baluster form, leaf-capped scroll handles, pull-off cover with a gadroon border, on a raised gadroon circular foot, engraved with an armorial within foliate scroll mantling, also with the Carter crest, height 33cm, approx. weight 56oz.
The additional armorial is that of Gatacre impaling Pitchford: Edward Gatacre (1735-1821) married Mary Pitchford (1726-1815) in 1763.
Provenance: A Private Collection.