A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF THOMAS WHIPHAM (II) & CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1764
Baluster form with bifurcated leafy "S" scroll handles, sides chased and embossed with fluting, trailing vines and grape clusters issuing from an urn, flowers, scrolls, brickwork panels, fruit, architecture and a bird in flight above a vacant rococo cartouche, the foot and domed cover both chased with fruiting vines, the latter capped by a large artichoke finial
16 ½ in. high (42 cm.)
84 oz. (2604 gm.)
A GEORGE III SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF THOMAS WHIPHAM (II) & CHARLES WRIGHT, LONDON, 1764
Baluster form with bifurcated leafy "S" scroll handles, sides chased and embossed with fluting, trailing vines and grape clusters issuing from an urn, flowers, scrolls, brickwork panels, fruit, architecture and a bird in flight above a vacant rococo cartouche, the foot and domed cover both chased with fruiting vines, the latter capped by a large artichoke finial
16 ½ in. high (42 cm.)
84 oz. (2604 gm.)
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