A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP WITH MATCHING GEORGE IV COVER
CUP MARK OF DANIEL PONTIFEX, LONDON, 1802, COVER WITH INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK, LONDON, 1828
Inverted pear shape with part-fluted sides, pedestal foot on square base, rim of fruiting vines, scroll side handles with rosette within the upper loop and terminating in lion mask, fruiting vines and stiff leaf, domed cover with conforming fluting and acanthus leaf finial centred by a flower
17 in. high (43 cm.)
159 oz. (5008 gm.)
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP WITH MATCHING GEORGE IV COVER
CUP MARK OF DANIEL PONTIFEX, LONDON, 1802, COVER WITH INDISTINCT MAKER'S MARK, LONDON, 1828
Inverted pear shape with part-fluted sides, pedestal foot on square base, rim of fruiting vines, scroll side handles with rosette within the upper loop and terminating in lion mask, fruiting vines and stiff leaf, domed cover with conforming fluting and acanthus leaf finial centred by a flower
17 in. high (43 cm.)
159 oz. (5008 gm.)
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