Silver - 30th April 2008

Lot 485

A rare George III Scottish provincial two handled cup

Estimate £1,200 - £1,500 | Hammer £1200

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Description

A rare George III Scottish provincial two handled cup, of vase form on a rising circular foot, decorated with a frieze of drapery and foliate festoons below the reeded rim, two vacant oval cartouches, by James Erskine of Aberdeen (three castles, E, hand and dagger [struck on body and under foot]) c.1795, 10in (25.4cm) high, 20oz.