Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A QUEEN ANNE SILVER CUP AND COVER
Lot 768 THE PROPERTY OF A DECEASED GENTLEMAN

A QUEEN ANNE SILVER CUP AND COVER

MARK OF LEWIS METTAYER, LONDON, 1713

Closed28 November 2012

Price Realised

GBP 8,750

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A QUEEN ANNE SILVER CUP AND COVER
MARK OF LEWIS METTAYER, LONDON, 1713
Inverted bell-shaped and on spreading gadrooned foot, the lower body and detachable cover each applied with cut-card bands, with two leaf-capped scroll handles, the body applied with the Royal arms within Garter motto and flanked by the initials AR, the cover engraved with initials 'AR' with Garter motto, marked underneath and on cover bezel
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high
46 oz. (1,430 gr.)
The Royal arms are those of Queen Anne.

Sir Herbert Samuelson, K.B.E. (1870-1963).
The Lord Mayor's Appear for the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund, presented by Sir Herbert Samuelson, K.B.E.; Christie's, London, 15 July 1940, lot 1041 (£660 to Lumley).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 July 1985, lot 325.