A FINE GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
Lot 223 PROPERTY FROM A MARYLAND FAMILY

A FINE GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER

MARK OF PEZE PILLEAU, LONDON, 1734

Closed19 October 2012

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USD 25,000

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A FINE GEORGE II SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF PEZE PILLEAU, LONDON, 1734
Urn form, on a circular foot, the body applied with a mid-band above cut-card straps on a matted ground, with two double-scroll handles, with acanthus joins, the cover with conforming decoration and a knop finial, the body engraved on each side with a coat-of-arms and crest within a flat-chased rococo cartouche, fully marked under base and struck thrice with maker's mark on cover bezel
12 in. (30.9 cm.) high; 74 oz. (2,307 gr.)

Garrard & Co. Ltd., London, 1928, thence by descent

Specialist note

The arms are those of Vernon with another in pretence