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A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER
Lot 141 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION 

A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER

MARK OF ROBERT AND SAMUEL HENNELL, LONDON, 1809

Closed19 October 2012

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A GEORGE III SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF ROBERT AND SAMUEL HENNELL, LONDON, 1809
Urn-form, the lower body chased with leaves and acorns, the shoulder applied with scrolling foliate border, with two serpent handles, the domed cover with pod finial, one side of body engraved with an Earl's coat-of-arms, marked on base and cover bezel
16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) high; 84 oz. (2,626 gr.)

Christie's, New York, 24 October 2002, lot 249

Specialist note

The arms are those of Boyle impaling Poyntz for Edmund, 8th Earl of Cork (1767-1856) who married in 1795 Isabelle Henrietta, 3rd daughter of William Poyntz of Midgham, Berkshire.